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Khaleda Zia has filled a petition with the High Court to halt the proceedings of the Zia trust and orphanage case. [13] Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman are on bail in the case. Tarique has been staying in London since 2008. [14] After 10 years of ongoing trial On 8 February 2018 Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman as per court verdict, were ...
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case on Wednesday, clearing the way for the ailing leader to fight parliamentary elections in the ...
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 ...
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 .
The British public deserve a government that is focused on their priorities, not distracted by yet another scandal." ... Khaleda Zia faced similar charges, which she also dismissed as politically ...
The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding graft at the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust. [19]The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others on 7 May 2008 for awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Niko Resources through corruption and abuse of power.
The imprisonment of BNP leader Khaleda Zia on corruption charges is seen by many [249] as a politically motivated move to weaken the opposition. [ 250 ] [ 251 ] Hasina's government has also cracked down on media freedom, using laws like the Digital Security Act to detain journalists and activists critical of the regime.
He said he was encouraged by a recent statement from Khaleda Zia, chief of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a Hasina foe, that there should be no revenge or vengeance ...