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Rahman said his party would guide the country “in the right direction” if elected to form the next government.
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his condolence message on Khaleda Zia’s death, saying her contributions to Bangladesh–India relations would be remembered.
BNP alleged that Khaleda Zia’s prolonged incarceration, restrictions on travel, and refusal by authorities to allow her to seek treatment abroad led to irreversible deterioration in her health.
The attention surrounding Khaleda Zia’s death has reinforced a growing perception that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is well placed to return to power in the February 12 elections next year.
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has proved unreliable, unstable and strategically troubling. And with BNP increasingly positioned to return to power, India is choosing engagement over inertia.
The interaction took place ahead of the ceremony, where Jaishankar and Sadiq were seen shaking hands and exchanging greetings.
Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in India for years, said Zia’s government actively sided with fundamentalist forces instead of defending free expression.
I recall my warm meeting with her in Dhaka in 2015. We hope that her vision and legacy will continue to guide our partnership. May her soul rest in peace, says PM Modi.
Tarique Rahman’s return to Bangladesh has fuelled debate within the BNP over its prime ministerial nominee, as party leaders weigh electoral opportunity, alliances and concerns over dynastic politics.
Tarique Rahman's presence on the ground is expected to energise the opposition’s campaign at a time when Bangladesh’s political environment remains tense, with recurring violence and growing space for radical groups.
An air ambulance arranged by Qatar is set to fly Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to London on Tuesday for critical medical treatment, following delays due to her fragile health.
The South Asian nation has been in charge of a caretaker government led by Nobel Peace laureate Yunus since August, when mass protests forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring India.
The case, dating from 2008, accused Khaleda and others of stealing 21 million taka ($173,000) in foreign donations for an orphanage trust set up when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006.
The textbooks, until now, stated that the declaration was made by 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who is currently in exile in India.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson was lodged in the Old Dhaka Central Jail on February 8, 2018, after a special court sentenced her to five years in prison in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque's court issued acquittal orders in four cases whereas Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain's court acquitted her in one case on Tuesday, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported
Bangladesh President announced the decision to set free Khaleda Zia, hours after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India after a month of unprecedented violence in the country.
Bangladesh's Digital Security Act (DSA) criminalises engaging in "propaganda" against the "spirit" of the 1971 Bangladeshi war of independence, the national anthem, the flag and the nation's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the current prime minister.
The Election Commission's decision came four days after the Bangladesh High Court ruled that a person jailed for more than two years cannot contest polls.
Zia, who is in her seventies, is serving a five-year jail term after a court convicted her in February for embezzlement of foreign donations meant for an orphanage named after her husband and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) founder and slain president Ziaur Rahman, while holding the post of the prime minister during 2001-06.
Several thousand supporters of the jailed Bangladeshi ex-premier Khaleda Zia today staged human chain protests across the country to demand the party chief's release following her five-year imprisonment in a graft case.
In that case they will have to move the case on Sunday. It will depend on the High Court whether it will give Zia bail. The court may decide issuance of bail immediately.
