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...
31 Dec, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
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...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
Who is Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina's rival and former Bangladesh PM who was on 'deathbed' a few months agoKhaleda Zia: Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin announced the immediate release of Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister and oppositi...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.42 PM IST
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...
30 Dec, 2025, 12.42 PM IST
Bangladesh Chief Adviser "deeply saddened" over death of ex-PM Khaleda Zia, calls her a guardian of democracyChief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday expressed his profound grief over the death of former Pri...
30 Dec, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
Bangladesh: BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Khaleda Zia's son, lands in Dhaka amid growing unrestRahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former premier Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a leading contender for prime minister in the upcoming Feb...
25 Dec, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
Khaleda Zia health update: China rushes team of medical specialists to Dhaka, her son readies return to BangladeshBegum Khaleda Zia is in a critical condition and is on a ventilator support at a private hospital in Dhaka. Amid her worsening health condi...
02 Dec, 2025, 11.16 AM IST
Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia in 'very critical' conditionThe 80-year-old former Prime Minister, who is suffering from various ailments, is now under close observation by doctors. Quoting doctors, ...
29 Nov, 2025, 01.00 PM IST
Bangladesh: Yunus regime pardons one of the most wanted terrorists with ISI linksBangladesh's interim regime under Muhammad Yunus is believed to be pardoning Al Qaeda affiliate Major Zia, involved in high-profile murders...
09 Jan, 2025, 09.43 AM IST
ET Analysis: Opposition BNP in doldrums ahead of December 30 Bangladesh pollsA lower court in Dhaka on February 8 sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to five years in jail in an orphanage fund embezzlement case.
05 Dec, 2018, 11.16 AM IST
Bangladesh SC grants bail to ex-PM Khaleda Zia in graft caseKhaleda Zia lawyers, however, said that the verdict was unlikely to bring Zia out of prison as her bail pleas in six other cases against he...
16 May, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
I will be back, don't cry: Zia tells weeping relativesZia was convicted of embezzling some $250,000 in donations meant for an orphanage trust, established in her late husband Ziaur Rahman's mem...
08 Feb, 2018, 05.59 PM IST
Sheikh Hasina accuses Khaleda Zia, son for deadly 2004 grenade attackSheikh Hasina accused her archrival and opposition leader Khaleda Zia and her "fugitive" son Tarique Rahman of masterminding the 2004 grena...
21 Aug, 2015, 10.36 PM IST
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia indicted over graftZia, 68, a former Prime Minister and the chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, appeared before a court here to attend hearing in two graft...
19 Mar, 2014, 06.09 PM IST
- Zia, son to face trial in orphanage donation embezzlement case
Khaleda Zia and son will face trial for embezzling Rs 1.41 cr.
07 Sep, 2009, 07.06 PM IST
- Khaleda Zia's son Tarique may follow brother to temporary freedom
Tarique Rahman, the jailed politician son of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, may be allowed eight weeks of freedom like his y...
18 Jul, 2008, 10.32 AM IST
- Detained Zia to be granted parole to join mother's funeral
Former Bangladesh Premier Khaleda Zia, detained in connection with a graft case, would be granted parole to attend the funeral of her mothe...
19 Jan, 2008, 12.12 PM IST