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Khaleda Zia’s funeral: Jaishankar meets Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, hands over PM Modi’s condolence letter

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Khaleda Zia’s funeral: Jaishankar meets Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, hands over PM Modi’s condolence letter

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, left, with Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah during his visit for the funeral of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in Bangladesh. Photo: X/@hamidullah_riaz via PTI India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) met Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman and conveyed condolences…

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Khaleda Zia’s funeral to be held on December 31; Bangladesh announces three-day state mourning

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Khaleda Zia’s funeral to be held on December 31; Bangladesh announces three-day state mourning

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia looks upwards as she attends a rally of her supporters outside their party headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 12, 2012. | Photo Credit: AP Khaleda Zia’s funeral will be held on Wednesday (December 31, 2025), as Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (December…

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U.K. medical team to arrive in Bangladesh as Zia remains critical

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U.K. medical team to arrive in Bangladesh as Zia remains critical

A team of medical experts from the U.K. will visit Bangladesh to assess the treatment of ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who continues to remain in a critical condition at a private hospital in Dhaka, her personal physician said on Tuesday (December 2, 2025). Speaking to reporters in front of Evercare Hospital, AZM Zahid…

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Bangladesh’s Top Court Acquits Khaleda Zia In Graft Case, Clears Way For Her To Run In Next Election

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Bangladesh’s Top Court Acquits Khaleda Zia In Graft Case, Clears Way For Her To Run In Next Election

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last remaining corruption case against her, paving the way for the BNP Chairperson to contest elections. Along with Ms Zia, the top court also cleared charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, and all other suspects in their appeal over…

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Bangladesh Supreme Court acquits former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

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Bangladesh Supreme Court acquits former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

The BNP chairperson is ailing and travelled to London earlier this month for medical treatment. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) acquitted former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, overturning the High Court’s earlier 10-year prison sentence. The verdict was delivered…

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Bangaldesh Court Acquits All In 2004 Attack On Sheikh Hasina’s Rally Case

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Bangaldesh Court Acquits All In 2004 Attack On Sheikh Hasina’s Rally Case

Dhaka: The High Court here on Sunday scrapped the lower court’s verdict and acquitted all accused, including former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in a 2004 grenade attack in ousted premier Sheikh Hasina’s rally. “The High Court annulled the trial court verdict and acquitted all convicts…

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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s bank accounts to be unfrozen after 17 years

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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s bank accounts to be unfrozen after 17 years

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former PM Khaleda Zia | Photo Credit: ANI Tax authorities in Bangladesh on Monday (August 19, 2024) decided to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 17 years after banks were ordered to block them. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed banks to unfreeze…

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Key Bangladesh Leader On Attacks On Hindus

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Key Bangladesh Leader On Attacks On Hindus

Mr Alamgir said that the India-Bangladesh relationship would continue to be sound. A week of fast-paced developments in Bangladesh, which saw Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, widespread violence and the formation of an interim government, has been capped off with the country’s chief justice agreeing to step down on Saturday. While it is unclear when elections will…

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Dr. Muhammad Yunus: The poor’s banker who fought Hasina

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Dr. Muhammad Yunus: The poor’s banker who fought Hasina

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh, waves at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, France August 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Filling the leadership vacuum in Bangladesh, albeit temporarily, Nobel Laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus has taken oath as…

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