Khaleda Zia

Restore democracy

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called on party leaders, activists, and the people to move forward to reestablish democracy, which she says is facing obstacles.

Khaleda reaches Gulshan residence amid warm welcome

Supporters waved party flags and chanted slogans as the vehicle, with Khaleda seated in the front and her daughters-in-law in the back entered

Opinion / What Khaleda Zia’s return means for the BNP

Khaleda Zia's return is not merely a personal event.

Zubaida Rahman sets foot on home soil after 17 years

On September 11, 2008, she left for London with her husband and had remained abroad until now

Khaleda Zia returns home from London

Khaleda Zia, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman, is now on way to her Gulshan residence

Watch / Thousands gather to welcome Khaleda Zia at Dhaka airport

A heavy deployment of uniformed and plainclothes law enforcement personnel has been observed at key points since early today

Khaleda Zia’s return to help democratic progress: Fakhrul

After four months of medical treatment, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is returning home today

Khaleda Zia on her way back home

The special air ambulance carrying BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left London last night and is scheduled to reach Dhaka this morning.

Khaleda leaves London for Dhaka in air ambulance

Fakhrul urges BNP supporters to keep roads free, ensure SSC students can reach exam centres

May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022

Same laws operate differently for Khaleda Zia & Haji Salim?

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.

May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022

Law not the same for two politicians from different parties?

Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, who was convicted with a 10-year sentence in a corruption case, has left the country for Bangkok.

March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020

SC lawyer appeals to president, PM to pardon Khaleda

A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer appeals to the president and prime minister to pardon the jail sentence of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and release her from jail on humanitarian ground ahead of birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

February 8, 2020
February 8, 2020

2 Years of Khaleda’s Imprisonment: BNP in a fix

Two years after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia landed in jail, many activists and leaders of the party are losing hope of getting her released through legal and political means.

June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019

Khaleda gets 6-month bail in 2 defamation cases

The High Court grants six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases. However, Khaleda cannot get released from jail as she is convicted in two graft cases.

June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019

HC to pass orders on Khaleda’s bail pleas tomorrow

The High Court will pass its orders on two separate petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in two separate defamation cases against her.

May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019

Court transfer: ACC can now place argument against Khaleda's plea

The High Court permits the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to become a party in the writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the government notification that said Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a courtroom in Keraniganj Central Jail.

April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019

No info on Khaleda going to the UK

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said his ministry has no information about whether Khaleda Zia is going to London.

March 28, 2019
March 28, 2019

Plot made to kill Khaleda

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that there was a plot to kill the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in prison by denying her medical care.

March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019

Free Khaleda through movement: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges people to make a fresh pledge for restoring the country’s democracy and free party chief Khaleda Zia from jail through movement.