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| Police in Bangladesh have arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a raid on her house in Dhaka. | |
| She was later brought a court in the capital among heavy security. It was not immediately known on what charges she was held, our correspondent says. | She was later brought a court in the capital among heavy security. It was not immediately known on what charges she was held, our correspondent says. |
| Police have previously said that Sheikh Hasina faces corruption charges relating to her time in office from 1996 to 2001. | |
| The military-backed government has barred her leaving from the country. | |
| Sheikh Hasina was arrested after a two-and-a-half hour raid on her house that involved thousands of policemen, the BBC's Abdullah Muyid in Dhaka reports. | |
| She was later brought to the court, but officials are preventing any reporters from entering the courtroom, our correspondent says. | |
| Sheikh Hasina - who leads the Awami League Party - is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971. | |
| Since January this year, Bangladesh has been governed by a military-backed emergency government, which has promised to root out corruption. | |
| More than 150 prominent politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been arrested. | |
| The government says elections will be held before the end of 2008. |