Tag: Khaleda Zia
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Khaleda Zia’s jail suspension extended for 6 more months
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the announcement on Sunday, saying that she can receive treatment at home but cannot leave the country during this period.
September 20, 2021 -
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia receiving treatment at home amid Coronavirus lockdown
"She is suffering from arm and leg pain. Her fingers are still bent while she is suffering from diabetes as well," Selima said.
May 10, 2020 -
COVID-19: Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia freed from prison, quarantines at home
Earlier on Thursday, the Home ministry had sent an order for Khaleda's release to the prison authorities, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the go-ahead.
March 26, 2020 -
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia completes 2 years in prison
The two graft cases involve the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust.
February 8, 2020 -
B’desh Court rejects Khaleda Zia’s bail plea in trust corruption case
In April this year, the High Court had accepted Khaleda's appeal, challenging a trial court verdict.
December 12, 2019 -
Bangladesh court sentences 9 to death for attacking PM Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago
Sheikh Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came under attack upon arriving in Pabna's Ishwardy on September 23, 1994.
July 3, 2019 -
Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM for fourth term
Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.
January 7, 2019 -
Hat-trick for Awami League and Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh polls
Opposition has called the elections farce and demanded fresh polling; at least 17 people were killed in poll-related violence in eight districts
December 31, 2018 -
Bangladesh EC defers polling date to December 30
Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda made the announcement in capital Dhaka, a day after the opposition alliance, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, decided to contest the polls.
November 12, 2018 -
Bangladesh PM holds dialogue with major opposition alliance
The much-hyped dialogue ended at about 11 p.m. on Thursday which had started four hours earlier at Hasina's official residence here, reports Xinhua news agency.
November 2, 2018 -
Guarded optimism
Two critical signals were emitted from Bangladesh on Monday, at once very different and confusing. Exactly two months ahead of the general election, Prime Minister Begum Hasina has agreed to hold talks with the Opposition alliance called the Jatiyo Oikya Front. While this may be deemed as a certain forward movement in the country’s murky …
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October 31, 2018 -
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia cannot contest elections, says A-G
Bangladesh is set to hold general elections before a January 5 deadline, although the exact dates have not yet been announced.
October 30, 2018 -
Bangladesh ruling party invites major opposition alliance for poll talks
Obaidul Quader, AL General Secretary, said the decision to hold the talks come after Hossain wrote to Hasina seeking a dialogue.
October 30, 2018 -
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s jail term doubled to 10 years in corruption case
The increased term was ordered over embezzlement charges for which Zia, the arch-rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced in February.
October 30, 2018 -
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia gets 7-year jail in graft case
The final trial proceedings in the case went ahead in the absence of Khaleda, who is serving time in jail over another corruption case, after the prison authorities repeatedly failed to bring her to court.
October 29, 2018 -
Bangladesh SC rejects Khaleda Zia’s plea to halt graft case verdict
On October 14, the HC rejected the revision petition of Zia and cleared the way for the trial court to continue with its proceedings.
October 29, 2018 -
Verdict in corruption case against Khaleda Zia on October 29
A Dhaka court will announce its verdict on former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on October 29.
October 16, 2018