The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The Caretaker Government yesterday extended the time frame of provisional release of Former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina from detention till October 6 to facilitate he better treatment.

The Home Ministry in a notification issued this extension order which said that the order would be applicable from September 7 to October 6 under the conditions put during her release.

Sheikh Hasina was freed from imprisonment on medical ground on June 11 and she took off for USA on June 12 for medical treatment.

This is the second time of extension of Sheikh Hasina's provisional release. Earlier on August 5, Sheikh Hasina's husband M Wazed Mia formally requested the Chief Advisor (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed to withdraw the case against her and to extend the time frame of her release. Following his appeal on August 7 the Government extended the time frame of her enlargement, which is due to expire on September 6.

Sheikh Hasina's special assistant Hasan Mahmud told The New Nation that sheikh Hasina had instructed her followers not to appeal again for extension of the provisional release, as they continuously demanded for her unconditional release.

Hasina, facing a graft case, was arrested amid a crackdown on the political elements following the January 11, 2007 changeover.