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Tarique Rahman finally steps into the spotlight, set to be Bangladesh PMTarique Rahman, heir to a powerful political dynasty, is poised to lead Bangladesh after his party BNP claimed election victory. Returning ...
Khaleda Zia's India legacy softens amid new equationsKhaleda Zia's death creates a political void in Bangladesh, with her son Tarique Rahman poised to lead the BNP. While past BNP rule saw str...
Khaleda Zia: Bangladesh’s first woman PM with Indian roots and a decades-long rivalry with Sheikh HasinaKhaleda Zia dies: Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80. Her long political rivalry with Sheikh Hasina si...
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female PM, dies at 80Khaleda Zia dies: Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has passed away at the age of 80 following a protracted illness. H...
Who is Tarique Rahman, and why his return to Bangladesh after 17 years is being keenly watched in IndiaTarique Rahman, acting chairman of the BNP, has returned to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile, ahead of the February 12 parliamentary elec...
Doctors postpone Bangladesh's critically ill ex-PM Zia's travel abroad for treatmentFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's planned trip to London for advanced treatment has been indefinitely postponed due to her cri...
Critically ill former Bangladesh PM Zia to be taken to London, doctors sayZia, the 80-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, will be flown in an air ambulance late after midnight or early Friday ...
Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia acquitted in all corruption casesA Dhaka court has acquitted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and seven others of graft charges, including cases related to the...
Bangladesh's ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in LondonFormer Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia has gone to London for medical treatment. She traveled on an air ambulance provided by Qatar'...
India watchful of Bangladesh developments; weighs stepsBangladesh Dhaka High Court has acquitted BNP's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and former minister Lutfozzaman Babar in a 2004 grenade a...
Bangladesh court acquits key political figure in 2004 deadly grenade attackBangladesh's High Court acquits former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman and 48 others of convictions from a 2018 verdict rel...
Bangladesh HC acquits all accused, including ex-PM Khaleda Zia's son, in 2004 Hasina attack caseThe High Court in Dhaka has overturned a lower court's verdict and acquitted all 49 accused, including former PM Khaleda Zia's son Tarique ...
Case against ex-PM Khaleda Zia lacks admissible evidence: Lord Alex CarlileThe court also convicted Tarique Rahman and four others of corruption. The six were accused of embezzling over $252,000 of a donation to th...
10 sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate Sheikh HasinaTwenty-five suspects had been accused in the Special Powers Act case. Nine received 20 years in prison and were fined 20,000 taka each, whi...
Khaleda Zia's son sentenced to seven years for money launderingThe High Court overturned a trial court's verdict that acquitted Tarique Rahman, 48, from money laundering charges.