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Drop Charges Against Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia: Party Leader Living In India
Sheikh Hasina ousted, all eyes in Bangladesh are on the main opposition party - the Bangladesh National party or BNP, whose top leader -- former Prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been released from house arrest.
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Ex-PM, Nobel Winner, Student Leader: Key Faces In New Bangladesh Government
Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.
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Sheikh Hasina Flees, Bangladesh President Orders Ex PM Khaleda Zia's Release
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday ordered the release of jailed former prime minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was ousted and the military took power.
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Opinion: Sheikh Hasina's Win In Bangladesh And What It Means For India
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party Awami League has won a fourth consecutive term in general elections. This is Sheikh Hasina's fifth term as Prime Minister.
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Bangladesh To Vote In Election Guaranteed To Give Sheikh Hasina Her 5th Term
Bangladesh votes Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia On "High Risk" Of Dying, Say Doctors
Bangladeshi doctors said Monday opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at "high risk" of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a plea to let her leave the country.
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Bangladesh Top Court Rejects Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Bail Plea In Graft Case
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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Bangladesh's Poll Body Rejects Jailed Ex-Prime Minister's Nomination
The candidature of jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who has filed her nomination papers for the upcoming general election in the country, has been by the Election Commission due to her convictions in two graft cases.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Barred From Elections: Official
Bangladesh's imprisoned opposition leader has been barred from contesting next month's general election against her arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country's attorney general said Wednesday.
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Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 6-Month Bail In Comilla Arson Case
The Bangladesh's High Court today granted six-month interim bail to former prime minister and opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of firebombing of a bus in 2015, local media reported.
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Fresh Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia After Graft Case Bail
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
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Arrest Warrant Issued Against Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant against Opposition leader Khaleda Zia's London-based son in a sedition case for delivering a provocative speech.
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Drop Charges Against Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia: Party Leader Living In India
Sheikh Hasina ousted, all eyes in Bangladesh are on the main opposition party - the Bangladesh National party or BNP, whose top leader -- former Prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been released from house arrest.
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Ex-PM, Nobel Winner, Student Leader: Key Faces In New Bangladesh Government
Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.
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Sheikh Hasina Flees, Bangladesh President Orders Ex PM Khaleda Zia's Release
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday ordered the release of jailed former prime minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was ousted and the military took power.
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Opinion: Sheikh Hasina's Win In Bangladesh And What It Means For India
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party Awami League has won a fourth consecutive term in general elections. This is Sheikh Hasina's fifth term as Prime Minister.
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Bangladesh To Vote In Election Guaranteed To Give Sheikh Hasina Her 5th Term
Bangladesh votes Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia On "High Risk" Of Dying, Say Doctors
Bangladeshi doctors said Monday opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at "high risk" of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a plea to let her leave the country.
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Bangladesh Top Court Rejects Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Bail Plea In Graft Case
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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Bangladesh's Poll Body Rejects Jailed Ex-Prime Minister's Nomination
The candidature of jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who has filed her nomination papers for the upcoming general election in the country, has been by the Election Commission due to her convictions in two graft cases.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Barred From Elections: Official
Bangladesh's imprisoned opposition leader has been barred from contesting next month's general election against her arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country's attorney general said Wednesday.
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Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 6-Month Bail In Comilla Arson Case
The Bangladesh's High Court today granted six-month interim bail to former prime minister and opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of firebombing of a bus in 2015, local media reported.
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Fresh Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia After Graft Case Bail
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
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Arrest Warrant Issued Against Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladeshi court today issued an arrest warrant against Opposition leader Khaleda Zia's London-based son in a sedition case for delivering a provocative speech.
