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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


Global media reflect on Khaleda Zia's life and legacy

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The death of BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has drawn wide coverage from leading international news organisations, many of which described her passing as the e... Read More


Bangladesh announces three days of state mourning for Khaleda Zia. Here's how it will be observed

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The interim government has declared three days of state mourning following the death of former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia. On Tuesday, the Cabinet Division issued a ga... Read More


Khaleda Zia's death a blow to stabilising Bangladesh, says Hasina's son Joy

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has expressed condolences over the death of BNP chief and former premier Khaleda Zia. In a post on X on Tuesday, Jo... Read More


Junior scholarship exam set for Dec 31 postponed after Khaleda Zia's death

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Education authorities have postponed the junior scholarship exams scheduled for Wednesday following the declaratoin of state mourning for former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda ... Read More


'Our truest guardian': Tarique reflects on mother Khaleda's 'unbreakable resilience'

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has paid tribute to his mother Khaleda Zia, describing her as a leader who shaped the country's democra... Read More


Nearly 200 BNP hopefuls defy party line in race for parliament

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- After seven years off the ballot, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders sought the party's "sheaf of paddy" symbol - and many were refused. Now, in open defiance of ... Read More


Stranded children rescued from freezing cold roadside in Chattogram

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Two children left by the road near Chattogram's Anwara have been rescued. An auto-rickshaw driver found them shivering in the cold on Sunday evening amid the worst cold spell this w... Read More


Parliamentary polls: Which seats have the highest and lowest candidates?

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The highest number of nomination papers submitted for a single seat in the parliamentary elections is 18, while the lowest is two. On Monday, 2,582 candidates tendered their nominat... Read More


Khaleda Zia: The reluctant widow, the pro-democracy warrior and the BNP saviour

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Khaleda Zia, one of the two women who were plunged into politics and who most profoundly shaped Bangladesh's post-1975 politics, has now taken her final leave, marking the end of a t... Read More