Khaleda Zia, the head of the largest opposition party in Bangladesh, was sentenced on February 8, 2018, by Dhaka's Special Judge Court-5 to five years of imprisonment for alleged embezzlement of ...

The full text of the High Court verdict scrapping the proceedings of eight cases filed against BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has been published on the Supreme Court website.

Early morning of May 30, 1981, clouds from the Bay of Bengal lashed Chittagong. Through the heavy pitter-patter of rain on the roof of the Circuit House of Chittagong, President Ziaur Rahman heard ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been acquitted by the Appellate Division in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, overturning the High Court’s earlier 10-year prison sentence. The verdict was ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to the house of her eldest son Tarique Rahman around 9:30pm on Friday (local time) after being discharged from The London Clinic where she was undergoing treatment ...

FILE- Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/A.M ...

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The Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh unanimously acquitted the former prime minister and leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, of graft charges related to the Zia ...

DHAKA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Bangladesh’s Supreme Court acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case on Wednesday, clearing the way for the ailing leader to fight ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections ...