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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia To Be Flown To London For Advanced Care
The interim government in Bangladesh has announced special prayers across the country for former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Temples, churches, pagodas and other places of worship have been requested to hold prayers for her.
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Bangladesh Deploys Elite Security Force To Guard Former PM Khaleda Zia In Hospital
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been given special security as she remains very critical. Bangladesh's elite Special Security Force (SSF) protection has been allotted to the ailing leader.
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PM Modi Voices Concern Over Health Of Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday voiced deep concern over the health of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and offered all possible support.
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Why Bangladesh's Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Son Cannot Be By Ailing Mother's Side
Amid reports of the failing health of former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, her son and acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman has said he cannot return to the country to be by his mother's side.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia Returns To Dhaka After Treatment Abroad
Former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka, on a special aircraft provided by Emir of Qatar, from the United Kingdom after undergoing treatment for her illness.
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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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'Battling Begums': Sheikh Hasina Says Zia Lacks Courage To Face Courts
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today criticised main opposition leader Khaleda Zia for repeatedly seeking time from court appearance in graft cases, saying the former premier lacks courage to face the courts.
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Is Begum Khaleda Zia Trying to Distance Herself From Jamaat-e-Islami?
The Jamaat-e-Islami party has called a 24-hour 'hartal' in Bangladesh today to demand the release of Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed, sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for war crimes against Bangladeshis during the 1971 war.
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9 Killed in Bangladesh Fire Bomb Attacks
At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck in the latest spasm of worsening political violence, police said today.
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US calls for fresh polls in Bangladesh, India reacts cautiously
The United States has said Sunday's polls in Bangladesh were not credible and it wants fresh elections in that country. In contrast, India has said the elections were part of its neighbour's internal and Constitutional process.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina says she will not sit and cry over crisis
Sheikh Hasina strongly dismissed any possibility of imposing emergency in the country and said she had the confidence to handle any crisis that came up.
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Bangladesh ruling party wins poll hit by violence, boycott
Bangladesh's ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.
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Violence, low turnout mars Bangladesh polls; at least 20 killed
At least 20 people have lost their lives in the 10th general elections in Bangladesh. 147 seats went to the polls on Sunday.
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Four killed in Bangladesh clashes after Islamist leader executed
At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his execution.
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Pranab Mukherjee begins Dhaka visit amid clashes, Opposition leader Khaleda Zia cancels meeting with him
President Pranab Mukherjee today began his three-day state visit of Bangladesh amid continuing clashes sparked by the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia To Be Flown To London For Advanced Care
The interim government in Bangladesh has announced special prayers across the country for former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Temples, churches, pagodas and other places of worship have been requested to hold prayers for her.
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Bangladesh Deploys Elite Security Force To Guard Former PM Khaleda Zia In Hospital
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been given special security as she remains very critical. Bangladesh's elite Special Security Force (SSF) protection has been allotted to the ailing leader.
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PM Modi Voices Concern Over Health Of Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday voiced deep concern over the health of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and offered all possible support.
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Why Bangladesh's Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Son Cannot Be By Ailing Mother's Side
Amid reports of the failing health of former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, her son and acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman has said he cannot return to the country to be by his mother's side.
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Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia Returns To Dhaka After Treatment Abroad
Former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka, on a special aircraft provided by Emir of Qatar, from the United Kingdom after undergoing treatment for her illness.
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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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'Battling Begums': Sheikh Hasina Says Zia Lacks Courage To Face Courts
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today criticised main opposition leader Khaleda Zia for repeatedly seeking time from court appearance in graft cases, saying the former premier lacks courage to face the courts.
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Is Begum Khaleda Zia Trying to Distance Herself From Jamaat-e-Islami?
The Jamaat-e-Islami party has called a 24-hour 'hartal' in Bangladesh today to demand the release of Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed, sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for war crimes against Bangladeshis during the 1971 war.
-
9 Killed in Bangladesh Fire Bomb Attacks
At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck in the latest spasm of worsening political violence, police said today.
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US calls for fresh polls in Bangladesh, India reacts cautiously
The United States has said Sunday's polls in Bangladesh were not credible and it wants fresh elections in that country. In contrast, India has said the elections were part of its neighbour's internal and Constitutional process.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina says she will not sit and cry over crisis
Sheikh Hasina strongly dismissed any possibility of imposing emergency in the country and said she had the confidence to handle any crisis that came up.
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Bangladesh ruling party wins poll hit by violence, boycott
Bangladesh's ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.
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Violence, low turnout mars Bangladesh polls; at least 20 killed
At least 20 people have lost their lives in the 10th general elections in Bangladesh. 147 seats went to the polls on Sunday.
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Four killed in Bangladesh clashes after Islamist leader executed
At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his execution.
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Pranab Mukherjee begins Dhaka visit amid clashes, Opposition leader Khaleda Zia cancels meeting with him
President Pranab Mukherjee today began his three-day state visit of Bangladesh amid continuing clashes sparked by the death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities, including rape and killings, during the country's 1971 freedom war.
