Khaleda Zia
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Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, ex-PM Khaleda Zia's son to arrive in Bangladesh as violence continues
World | Aug 07, 2024, 11:12 AM ISTBangladesh is currently preparing for the formation of an interim government after violent protests over job quotas escalated into an anti-government unrest, compelling Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee. Former PM Khaleda Zia has been freed and Yunus was chosen as the head of the interim government.
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Bangladesh: Who is Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina's long-time nemesis, released from house arrest?
World | Aug 06, 2024, 04:15 PM ISTKhaleda Zia, the wife of late President Ziaur Rahman, was the first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh and was a fierce nemesis of recently-ousted Sheikh Hasina. Her tenure in office was marked by a rise in Islamist extremism and strained relations between India and Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh President dissolves Parliament after violent protests culminate in Hasina's departure
World | Aug 06, 2024, 03:53 PM ISTWeeks of violent protests in Bangladesh brought a tumultuous end to Sheikh Hasina's 15-year-old reign as she was forced to resign and flee the country on Monday. President Mohammad Shahabuddin had ordered the release of Hasina's rival Khaleda Zia of the BNP after she resigned.
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Bangladesh President orders release of jailed former PM Khaleda Zia amid protests in country
World | Aug 06, 2024, 06:07 AM ISTSheikh Hasina stepped down after 15 years in power and subsequently fled the country amid widespread unrest.
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Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia receiving treatment at home amid coronavirus lockdown
World | May 10, 2020, 02:12 PM ISTFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was freed from prison in March after serving 25 months in two corruption cases, was receiving treatment at her residence here amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Bangladeshi court bars former PM Khaleda Zia from contesting next month's polls
World | Nov 27, 2018, 08:00 PM ISTAttorney General Mahbubey Alam said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, who is convicted in two graft cases, cannot contest the upcoming 11th general election next month.
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Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in another graft case
World | Oct 29, 2018, 07:34 PM ISTZia, 73, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February in another case related to embezzlement of funds of an orphanage named after her husband late president Ziaur Rahman.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in graft case
World | Oct 29, 2018, 12:23 PM ISTZia, 73, is already serving a jail term since February after being convicted in another case related embezzlement of funds of an orphanage named after her husband president Ziaur Rahman in February.
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2004 grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina: Khaleda Zia's son sentenced for life, 19 others get death sentence
World | Oct 10, 2018, 04:09 PM ISTThe attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 targeted Hasina, now the prime minister of Bangladesh. Hasina survived in the attack with a partial hearing loss.
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Bangladesh: Former PM Khaleda Zia granted six-months bail in arson case
World | Aug 06, 2018, 05:23 PM ISTKhaleda cannot be released even after getting an interim bail as she is under arrest in other cases as well.
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Bangladesh: Former premier Khaleda Zia granted bail in two cases
World | Jul 31, 2018, 11:39 PM IST"The judge (of Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court) granted her bail in two cases – one related to her 'fake birth dates' and the other for 'undermining' the national flag," a prosecution lawyer said.
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Former Bangladesh PM gets five-year jail term in corruption case
World | Feb 08, 2018, 02:59 PM ISTKhaleda's son Tarique Rahman and four others have been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the same case.
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Unlike Khaleda Zia, I didn’t hide anything about deals with India: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
World | Apr 13, 2017, 03:21 PM ISTRejecting criticism by opposition leader Khaleda Zia over her New Delhi visit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that she did not hide anything about deals closed with India, unlike Khaleda did when she was the PM.
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Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia’s eldest son sentenced to seven years in money laundering case
World | Jul 22, 2016, 12:25 PM ISTA Bangladesh court on Thursday handed a seven-year jail term to the son of opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, in a money laundering case.
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Bangladesh: Former PM Khaleda Zia's son sentenced to seven years in jail
World | Jul 21, 2016, 06:42 PM ISTTarique Rahman, the 51-year-old son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was today sentenced to seven years in jail by a Bangladesh court in a money laundering case.
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Bangladesh court issues warrant against former PM's son
World | Nov 09, 2015, 09:32 AM ISTDhaka: A court in Bangladesh capital Dhaka issued an arrest warrant against the country's former prime minister Khaleda Zia's eldest son Tarique Rahman in a sedition case.Moshiur Malek, president of Bangabandhu Foundation, a pro-ruling Bangladesh
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Khaleda Zia offers prayers at son's grave for the 1st time
World | Apr 06, 2015, 09:20 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's opposition chief and former premier Khaleda Zia today broke down as she visited her younger son's grave for the first time and offered prayers, over two months after his death in Malaysia.The 69-year-old
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia granted bail in graft cases
World | Apr 05, 2015, 02:36 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has avoided arrest on corruption charges after the court granted her bail.Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadder approved Zia's request for bail when she made court appearance in Dhaka on
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Zia must be punished for causing deaths: Sheikh Hasina
World | Mar 07, 2015, 10:13 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her arch-rival Khaleda Zia must get “punishment” for the deaths of innocent people during the two-month-long violent anti-government protests by her party that has claimed 115 lives.“She
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Due process to be followed to arrest Khaleda Zia: Awami League
World | Mar 04, 2015, 08:43 AM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's ruling party Awami League yesterday said "proper legal procedure" will be followed for the arrest of former prime minister Khaleda Zia.Party spokesperson Mahbub-Ul Alam Hanif, who is also the joint general secretary, said