Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to lead the interim government in Bangladesh. The decision was taken at a crucial meeting chaired by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin. The ...

Zia's party has been bargaining with the Yunus-led government for an election sometime this year. Yunus said his government wants to make some major reforms before the election.

Khalida Zia and Sheikh Hasina have alternated as the Prime Ministers of the country since 1991. - Bad news for anti-India Yunus as ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia returns to country, BNP’s big ...

Zia was sentenced to 17 years in jail under Hasina’s rule following two corruption cases stemming from 2001-2006 when she was prime minister. Her supporters say the charges against her were ...

After Zia landed at 10:43 a.m., she was greeted by senior party leaders at Dhaka's main airport. Zia, sitting in a wheelchair, smiled as she repeatedly raised her right hand to receive greetings.

Zia's party has been bargaining with the Yunus-led government for an election sometime this year. Yunus said his government wants to make some major reforms before the election.

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers. Zahiruddin Swapan, an adviser to ...

Zia was sentenced to 17 years in jail under Hasina’s rule following two corruption cases stemming from 2001-2006 when she was prime minister. Her supporters say the charges against her were ...

Zia’s personal physician, A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain, said Qatar’s emir arranged the special aircraft with medical facilities for the former prime minister.

Zia’s party has been bargaining with the Yunus-led government for an election sometime this year. Yunus said his government wants to make some major reforms before the election. Source: post ...

As regular citizens we see this as a sign of Tarique Rahman’s growing political maturity -- a quality we would like to attribute to the lasting influence of his mother, Begum Khaleda Zia. Known for ...