President okays withdrawal of emergency

President Iajuddin Ahmed has signed an ordinance repealing the Emergency Power Ordinance 2007 with effect from December 17 in line with an earlier government announcement.
“The president has signed the order at 5:00pm today,” secretary of the President's office Mohammad Sirajul Islam told BSS.
He said the president also signed an order for lifting the emergency rules, which is to be sent to the home ministry while the order for repealing Emergency Power Ordinance would go to the law ministry for required actions.
The president promulgated the state of emergency on January 11, 2007 and the current caretaker government was installed the following day.