Fakhruddin Ahmed, Bangladesh prime minister, joins Sir David this week and talks about the state of emergency in his country.

He talks about the background of the state of emergency and why it was placed.

The prime minister says it was declared in January 2007 to bring the country back to normalcy and root out corruption that plagued the country for many years.

No specific time has been given to lift the emergency and the deadline to have free elections is set for December 2008.

The prime minister says he is confident and committed to seeing the elections take place at that time.