Khaleda Zia Archives

January 15, 2025 4:40 PM

Bangladesh: Khaleda, Tarique acquitted in Zia Orphanage graft case

In Bangladesh, the supreme court on Wednesday acquitted Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and others in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The court headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed pronounced the verdict unanimously acquitting Khaleda, former pr...

August 7, 2024 4:12 PM

Khaleda Zia, bitterest foe of Sheikh Hasina, freed after Bangladesh PM flees

Bangladesh's first female leader Khaleda Zia was freed from house arrest on Tuesday, a day after her nemesis Sheikh Hasina quit as premier and fled,one more twist to the decades-old saga of the "Battle of the Begums" for control of Bangladesh. Presi...

November 16, 2023 10:07 AM

In Bangladesh, 12th parliamentary election on January 7

In Bangladesh, the 12th parliamentary election will be held on January 7 (Sunday), 2024. The Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh Kazi Habibul Awal announced the polls schedule on Wednesday evening in Dhaka. In a televised address to the natio...

November 8, 2023 10:11 AM

Uncertainty, tension grips Bangladesh amid opposition’s another countrywide blockade

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and like-minded other parties will enforce another round of 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across Bangladesh beginning from Wednesday. The blockade is to mount pressure on the government to step down and hold the...

November 2, 2023 9:58 PM

In Bangladesh, opposition announced one more countrywide blockade programme from Sunday

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced another 48 hours countrywide blockade programme starting from Sunday. Pausing its protest for two days, the BNP and other like minded opposition parties will again enforce a two days countrywide road-rail-wa...

November 1, 2023 2:41 PM

Bangladesh’s main opposition to boycott vote if PM Hasina stays put

Bangladesh's main opposition party will boycott the next general election if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not make way for a neutral government to conduct the poll, two party leaders said, amid a crackdown on opposition politicians and deadly...

October 27, 2023 12:04 AM

US physicians begin treatment of Khaleda Zia at Dhaka hospital

Three specialist doctors from the United States, who were called in for the treatment of Bangladesh's Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have started treating on Thursday her at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia h...

October 11, 2023 12:50 PM

Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia in critical condition: Medical Board

Bangladesh Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is in critical condition and needs to be taken abroad urgently for better medical treatment, the medical board formed for her treatment said on Monday. The medical board at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka has sa...