Special arrangements made for women attending Khaleda Zia's funeral prayers

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The government has made special arrangements for women wishing to attend the funeral prayers of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. A statement issued by the Chief Adviser's Office (... Read More

Khaleda Zia, who rose from a 'shy housewife' to Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, dies at 79

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Khaleda Zia, the country's first female prime minister and chairperson of the BNP, has died aged 79. Her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said she breathed her last early on ... Read More

DMP maps traffic-controlled route from Evercare to parliament for Khaleda

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced control of traffic on the route along which former prime minister and BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia's body will be taken from Evercare... Read More

DMP maps traffic-controlled route from Evercare to parliament for Khaleda's hearse

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced traffic controls along the route the hearse carrying former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's coffin will take from E... Read More

Indian, Pakistani foreign ministers to join Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last rites. On Tu... Read More

South Asian ministers, speaker to attend Khaleda's final farewell in Dhaka

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Foreign dignitaries including Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will fly to Dhaka to attend BNP chief Khaleda Zia's last r... Read More

Voting to go ahead in seats Khaleda Zia was contesting: EC

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Election officials say voting will go ahead in the three constituencies where former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia had submitted nomination papers following her death on T... Read More

Over 2,500 candidates enter the fray in a political carnival for parliamentary elections

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The first act of the decisive post-July Uprising parliamentary election has unfolded with almost festival-like energy. Across the nation, candidates have filed their nomination pape... Read More

Khaleda remained steadfast on people's rights, says NCP leader Nahid

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Nahid Islam, convenor of National Citizen Party (NCP), an ally of Jamaat-e-Islami, has expressed grief over BNP chief Khaleda Zia's death, describing her as an "uncompromising leader... Read More

Jamaat chief Shafiqur expresses condolences over Khaleda Zia's death

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman, whose party was once a key ally of the BNP, has expressed condolences over the death of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. In a message posted... Read More

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