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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia wound up a 100-day plan yesterday to rein in violence and corruption as the opposition insisted her new government was guilty of both.

The Awami League leadership said yesterday that the alliance government must ensure that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has foolproof security, or be solely responsible for any risk to her life.

A noted journalist and writer who was arrested and charged with sedition for filming a documentary on repressed minority communities, said on his release on bail on Sunday that the confiscated video tapes will speak for themselves and acquit him of all charges.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is likely to request Bangladesh to contribute some of its troops to the International Security Assistance Force for maintaining peace in war-ravaged Afghanistan, according to sources.

Dhaka's New Year resolution is to crack down on crimes and drug abuse, besides freeing the capital of pollution and traffic congestion.

Frontline lawyers in Bangladesh have formed a committee to extend legal aid to the victims of persecution, in a move that follows recent incidents of alleged human rights violations.

India has agreed to review the Indo-Bangladesh Ganges water sharing treaty to eliminate problems involving it.

At least 33 people were killed and 20 others were injured when a bus plunged into a ditch after skidding off the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar yesterday.

The Awami League has called a countrywide half-day general strike for today to protest against fuel and other utilities' price hikes.

India has agreed to discuss the proposed duty-free access for 25 categories of Bangladeshi items without linking them to other issues in Dhaka later this month.

The Awami League party of Sheikh Hasina yesterday hardened its stance as party leaders called upon the people to begin a mass movement to throw out the government to save the countrymen from torture and misery and safeguard national independence.

The first phase of a 'white paper' on 'corruption' during the five-year term of the previous Awami League government is likely to be published on January 26, which marks 100 days of the present government.