She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of one of the former president of …

Ziaur Rahman[a] BU HJ HOR (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his …

Jan 15, 2025 · Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim …

Jan 7, 2025 · Zia left behind a South Asian nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her archrival, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was ousted in a student-led …

3 days ago · Khaleda Zia (born August 15, 1945, Dinājpur, East Bengal, India [now in Bangladesh]) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as prime minister of Bangladesh in …

Jan 8, 2025 · Former two-time Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia has left the nation for the first time in seven years for medical treatment in London after being released from house …

Jan 15, 2025 · Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim …

Zia became the president of Bangladesh at a time when Bangladesh was suffering from a host of challenges that included low productivity, a food shortage that resulted in a famine in 1974, …

Begum Khaleda Zia (Born: 15 August 1946) is the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh three times since 1991. She is the …

Zia was a well-known figure who first emerged nationally during the independence struggle. His "Z Force" (Z for Zia) had been the first to announce the independence of Bangladesh from a …