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Begum Khaleda Zia (Bengali pronunciation: [kʰaled̪a dʒija]; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006.
May 29, 2024 · Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician who served as prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–96 and 2001–06. She was the first woman to serve as prime minister of the country, and she governed during a period of natural disasters, economic distress, and civil unrest.
Jul 31, 2023 · Bangladesh's main opposition BNP is leading protests in the hope of ousting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before the upcoming election. But party leader Khaleda Zia is nowhere to be seen.
4 days ago · Khaleda Zia was receiving treatment in a cabin equipped with CCU facilities under the close supervision of her medical board, Shairul Kabir Khan from the BNP's media cell said in the afternoon quoting Dr Zahid. Medical board: Pacemaker implanted in Khaleda Zia's chest; The party's media cell reported that senior leaders, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, had visited Khaleda Zia at the hospital. ...
Khaleda Zia, in full Khaleda Zia ur-Rahman, née Khaleda Majumdar, (born August 15, 1945, Dinājpur, East Bengal, India [now in Bangladesh]), Bangladeshi politician who served as prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–96 and 2001–06.
Oct 30, 2018 · Khaleda Zia, former Bangladesh prime minister and chairperson of the country’s main opposition group, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence ...
Following his assassination in 1981, Khaleda Zia entered politics, and in 1984 she became Chair of the Bangladesh National Party, which her husband had founded. She became the first female Prime Minister, and the first to see out a full term of office.
Feb 8, 2018 · A Bangladesh court sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail today after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
Feb 8, 2018 · Khaleda Zia became Bangladesh's first female head of government in 1991 after leading the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to victory in the country's first democratic election in 20 years....
Nov 29, 2021 · Bangladesh doctors treating ailing opposition leader and ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia say they fear for her life if she is not allowed to fly abroad for medical care.
