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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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Who Is Khaleda Zia, Jailed Bangladesh Ex-PM Set To Be Released Amid Turmoil
The fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh points to a big change in the country's political landscape - led by possibilities that the Awami League leader's arch-rival Khaleda Zia may again aim for power.
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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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Bangladesh High Court Gives Split Verdict On Allowing Khaleda Zia To Contest Polls
One of the judges of the two-member High Court bench favoured Khaleda Zia's candidacy while the other ruled that she was disqualified from the polls for being a convicted prisoner serving a 10-year jail term in two graft cases, court officials and lawyers said.
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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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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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Infamous Dhaka Jail Turns Courtroom For Trial Of Ailing Ex-PM Khaleda Zia
The Bangladesh government on Wednesday turned a notorious jail into a courtroom to try ailing opposition leader Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.
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India Sends Back British MP From Airport Over "Inappropriate Visa"
India turned back British parliamentarian Lord Alexander Carlile from the Delhi airport soon after the top British lawyer's flight landed from London on Wednesday.
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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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Bangladesh Court Jails Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladesh court sentenced the eldest son of the main opposition leader to seven years in prison for money laundering, a move that could end his political ambitions.
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Bangladesh Supreme Court Clears Way for Khaleda Zia's Trial on Graft Charges
In a major blow to Bangladesh's main opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, the Supreme Court today rejected an appeal challenging her indictment in a graft case, clearing the way for her trial which could see her jailed for life if found guilty.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Loses Fresh Bid to Stop Trials
Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia on Monday lost her latest attempt to halt trials on graft charges which could see her jailed for life if found guilty, her lawyer said.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Goes on Trial for Graft
Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia went on trial on Monday charged with embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases that could see her jailed for life if found guilty.
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Bangladesh's Khaleda Zia Loses Court Battle on Corruption Charges
Bangladesh's highest court on Sunday rejected appeals by opposition leader Khaleda Zia, clearing the way for her to stand trial on embezzlement charges that could see her jailed for life.
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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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Who Is Khaleda Zia, Jailed Bangladesh Ex-PM Set To Be Released Amid Turmoil
The fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh points to a big change in the country's political landscape - led by possibilities that the Awami League leader's arch-rival Khaleda Zia may again aim for power.
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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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Bangladesh High Court Gives Split Verdict On Allowing Khaleda Zia To Contest Polls
One of the judges of the two-member High Court bench favoured Khaleda Zia's candidacy while the other ruled that she was disqualified from the polls for being a convicted prisoner serving a 10-year jail term in two graft cases, court officials and lawyers said.
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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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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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Infamous Dhaka Jail Turns Courtroom For Trial Of Ailing Ex-PM Khaleda Zia
The Bangladesh government on Wednesday turned a notorious jail into a courtroom to try ailing opposition leader Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.
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India Sends Back British MP From Airport Over "Inappropriate Visa"
India turned back British parliamentarian Lord Alexander Carlile from the Delhi airport soon after the top British lawyer's flight landed from London on Wednesday.
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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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Bangladesh Court Jails Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia's Son
A Bangladesh court sentenced the eldest son of the main opposition leader to seven years in prison for money laundering, a move that could end his political ambitions.
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Bangladesh Supreme Court Clears Way for Khaleda Zia's Trial on Graft Charges
In a major blow to Bangladesh's main opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, the Supreme Court today rejected an appeal challenging her indictment in a graft case, clearing the way for her trial which could see her jailed for life if found guilty.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Loses Fresh Bid to Stop Trials
Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia on Monday lost her latest attempt to halt trials on graft charges which could see her jailed for life if found guilty, her lawyer said.
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Bangladesh Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Goes on Trial for Graft
Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia went on trial on Monday charged with embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases that could see her jailed for life if found guilty.
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Bangladesh's Khaleda Zia Loses Court Battle on Corruption Charges
Bangladesh's highest court on Sunday rejected appeals by opposition leader Khaleda Zia, clearing the way for her to stand trial on embezzlement charges that could see her jailed for life.
