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07 Aug 2024

'Love & Peace' Can Rebuild B'desh: Ex-PM Khalida Zia In 1st Speech Since 2018

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister called on everyone to empower the youth, stating, "The youth are our future. We must establish a democratic Bangladesh to realize their dreams, for which they have sacrificed... We need love and peace."

06 Aug 2024

Top 4 Longest-Serving Prime Ministers Of Bangladesh

Here are the four longest-serving prime ministers of Bangladesh and their periods of service.

12 Apr 2021

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tests positive for COVID-19

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief's samples were sent to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday.

04 Mar 2021

Bangladesh government to decide on waiving former PM Zia's sentences

Bangladesh will decide on relaxing the bail conditions and waiving the 17-year sentence of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia due to her failing health after discussion with the Law Ministry. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief is serving a 17-year prison term in two graft cases since February 8, 2018.

25 Mar 2020

COVID-19: Bangladesh leader Khaleda Zia released from jail for six months

The 74-year-old opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief is serving a 17-year prison term in two graft cases since February 8, 2018.

Bangladesh Elections

24 Dec 2018

Thousands of troops deployed in Bangladesh ahead of general elections

Thousands of army troops were deployed across Bangladesh on Monday to provide security and help conduct parliamentary elections on December 30, amid concerns that violence could happen.

02 Dec 2018

Bangladesh polls: EC rejects nomination of jailed former PM Khaled Zia

The Commission's decision came four days after the Bangladesh High Court ruled that a person jailed for more than two years cannot contest polls, effectively ruining Zia's chance to participate in the December 30 polls.

08 Nov 2018

Ailing Bangla ex-PM Khaleda Zia shifted back to jail

Zia was admitted to the hospital on October 6 following a High Court order.

10 Oct 2018

2004 grenade attack case: Bangladesh former PM Khaleda Zia's son gets life

Former Bangladesh minister Lutfozzaman Babar along with 18 others was on Wednesday sentenced to death in connection with the 2004 grenade attack case. Among other held guilty, former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son, Tarique Rahman and 18 others have been awarded life sentence.

Lord Alexander Carlile

12 Jul 2018

UK man claims India denied him entry under pressure, MEA says visa was invalid

MEA said his intended activity in India was incompatible with the purpose of his visit as mentioned in his visa application form.

08 Feb 2018

Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia gets 5 years in jail for corruption

A special court on Thursday convicted former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia of embezzling $252,000 in foreign donations for the Zia Orphanage Trust.

08 Feb 2018

Bangladesh court jails opposition leader Zia for five years

A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.

14 Nov 2017

Bangladesh Police arrests Hindu man whose Facebook post 'sparked' riots

A Hindu man, whose alleged offensive Facebook post led to an arson attack on over 30 homes of the minority community in Bangladesh, has been arrested, the country's home minister said on Tuesday.

12 Oct 2017

Bangladesh issues warrants for opposition leader's arrest

The move came after the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a crackdown on the opposition, arresting leaders and supporters of Zia`s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

09 Aug 2017

Khaleda Zia gets permanent bail in graft charges

. The Anti-Corruption Commission case accused Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

02 Jul 2017

Bangladesh SC rejects Zia's plea to re-investigate graft case

With the apex court's order, all the obstacles have been removed to continue a trial in a lower court against Zia, 71, the chairperson of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which does not have representation in Parliament after boycotting the 2014 general elections.

Bangladesh Police

20 May 2017

Bangladesh police raid former PM Khaleda Zia's office

Dozens of police searched BNP chief Zia's office in the upscale Gulshan neighbourhood for two hours early this morning, but later said they did not find "any materials".

25 Apr 2017

Hearing on 11 cases against Khaleda Zia adjourned

A Dhaka court has once again deferred the hearing in 11 cases on charges of sedition and inciting violence against opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia.

10 Apr 2017

Khaleda Zia calls meeting over Sheikh Hasina's India visit

Bangladesh`s opposition leader Khaleda Zia has called an "emergency meeting" of her BNP party`s policymaking forum over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s India visit and the agreements signed between the two countries.

09 Apr 2017

Sheikh Hasina 'selling' Bangladesh to India to stay in power: Khaleda Zia

Bangladesh's Opposition leader Khaleda Zia has accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of "selling out" the country to India to translate into reality her "dream of staying in power for life", hours after New Delhi and Dhaka signed 22 pacts in key sectors including defence.

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