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President Mohammed Shahabuddin's office also announced that the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister who had feuded with Hasina for ...
Begum Khaleda Zia [a] (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician, who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. [3] She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world , after Benazir Bhutto .
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 ...
"Khaleda Zia cannot participate in the election unless her verdict is scrapped," Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told reporters after the High Court decision. On Monday, a court sentenced her to ...
On 6 August 2024, Khaleda Zia was released, a day after her archrival Sheikh Hasina was ousted and fled to India. [18] [19]On 11 November 2024, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed the High Court verdict that doubled Khaleda Zia's jail term to 10 years in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. [20]
Zia made a state visit to Singapore after being invited by Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong. [9] Japan: Tokyo 12-15 July State Visit: Zia visited Japan and held talks with Junichiro Koizumi. [10] [11] China: Beijing 18 August State Visit: Zia held talks at the Great Hall of the People with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. [12] Saudi ...
The political rivalry between Awami League and Nationalist Party dates back to pre-independence Bangladesh where the issue regarding whom proclaimed Independence of Bangladesh, according to many sources it was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [5] [6] the father of Sheikh Hasina whom proclaimed Bangladeshi independence but to some it was Ziaur Rahman [7] who was the husband of Khaleda Zia.
Abul Harris Chowdhury (1 November 1952 – 3 September 2021) was a Bangladeshi and politician who served as the Political Secretary of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.He was the Joint Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.