Khaleda Zia
Khaleda Zia visits US embassy to apply for visa
Party insiders said that all necessary arrangements have been made to send the 79-year-old former prime minister abroad for specialised treatment.
Khaleda acquitted in Zia Charitable Trust graft case
The HC scraped the trial court verdict that sentenced Khaleda and two others in the same case.
Armed forces day: Khaleda receives warm welcome at event
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia made her first public appearance in six years yesterday when she attended the Armed Forces Day reception at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment.
Chief Adviser Yunus makes special mention of Khaleda at Senakunja
"We are all very delighted and proud to have been able to have you in our midst"
Armed forces day: Khaleda to attend event today, first time in 12yrs
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to make her first public appearance in six years today at a programme in Dhaka Cantonment to commemorate Armed Forces Day.
Zia orphanage case: Khaleda’s 10-year jail term stayed by SC
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the High Court verdict that doubled BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail term to 10 years in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
HC scraps 11 cases against Khaleda
The High Court yesterday scrapped the trial proceedings of 11 cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Better treatment: Khaleda, if able, to leave for London soon
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to another country for advanced treatment very soon, if her condition allows, her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain said yesterday.
Khaleda cleared of 2 more cases
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was relieved from two more cases yesterday.
'Apparently healthy'
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday from the city's old central jail.
Continue peaceful movement, Khaleda says from jail
Behind bars for two months in charges graft, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has instructed her party to "continue peaceful movement for restoration of democracy".
Does the squeaky wheel get the oil?
As BNP's leadership keeps moving the higher courts to get bail for Khaleda Zia, an accused in the Zia Orphanage case, and trundles along the corridors of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) for permission to hold a public rally, the ruling party keeps a stoic distance.
BNP yet to get nod to March 12 rally at Suhrawardy Udyan
The BNP is yet to get the permission to hold a rally on March 12 at Suhrawardy Udyan demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda confessed abuse of power, says court
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in her defence statement confessed that she had abused her power, said the court in the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
UN hopes for free, fair polls in Bangladesh
United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.
It’s not easy typing a 632-page verdict: Law minister
The government will not interfere in preparing the certified copy of the graft verdict against Khaleda Zia, Law Minister Anisul Huq says reflecting on allegations of dillydally in preparing it.
Khaleda was not shown arrested in any case: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that Khaleda Zia landed in jail following the verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case and “she has not been shown arrested” in any other case.
Khaleda given division in jail: Prisons chief
Erasing doubts as to how BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being treated at jail, Bangladesh’s prisons’ chief says that the former prime minister has been given division facilities.
JS polls: SC, EC to decide Khaleda’s fate
Law Minister Anisul Huq says the Supreme Court and the Election Commission (EC) will decide whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can contest the next general election.