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Wednesday, Apr 21, 2004

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Khaleda dismisses `quit deadline'

By Haroon Habib

DHAKA: As the April 30 `deadline' set by the Opposition for the exit of the Khaleda Zia Government approaches, the Prime Minister says she has no anxiety at all about the threat. In a categorical response to the Awami League's deadline, Ms. Khaleda Zia has said she was "not at all concerned about the deadline, nor were the people worried about it." She, however, renewed the call to her political rivals for holding talks, which the Opposition has rejected. The Prime Minister said her Government would complete its full term in office. At the peak of the political heat over the deadline, a spokesman of the United States had said that his country did not favour any particular party in Bangladesh's political process and that the people had the right to select their leaders within the framework of the Constitution. The State Department made the remarks in Washington in response to a query about its views on the electoral process in Bangladesh and the comments of the U.S. Ambassador, Harry K. Thomas, in Dhaka on the issue. Mr. Thomas had said the U.S. wanted to see stability in Bangladesh with the BNP completing its full term "unless Parliament brings it down".

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