India had a troubled relationship with the BNP on several issues, particularly terrorism, when Zia was in power. However, the party refused accusations of being anti-India and anti-Hindu and said it believed in Bangladesh's mutual cooperation with its neighbour.
Khaleda 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.
Bangladesh 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.
Khaleda 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.
Weeks 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.
Sheikh Hasina stepped down after 15 years in power and subsequently fled the country amid widespread unrest.
Former 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
Attorney 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.
Zia, 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.
Zia, 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.
The 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.
Khaleda cannot be released even after getting an interim bail as she is under arrest in other cases as well.
"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.
Khaleda's son Tarique Rahman and four others have been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the same case.
Rejecting 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.
A 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.
Tarique 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.
Dhaka: 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
Dhaka: 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
Dhaka: 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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