She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of one of the former president of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984, which was founded by her husband in 1978. [ 4 ]

3 days ago · Khaleda Zia (born August 15, 1945, Dinājpur, East Bengal, India [now in Bangladesh]) is a 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.

Aug 6, 2024 · Bangladesh's first female leader Khaleda Zia was freed from house arrest on Tuesday, a day after her nemesis Sheikh Hasina quit as premier and fled, one more twist to the...

Jan 7, 2025 · Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation’s capital on Tuesday for medical treatment in London, according to one of her advisers.

Aug 7, 2024 · Bangladesh 's uncompromising former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as …

Aug 16, 2024 · On May 10, 1984, Khaleda Zia was elected as the party's chairperson. She was sentenced to five years in prison by a court in 2018 in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case and was sent to jail. She was kept under special arrangements in the abandoned Old Dhaka jail.

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case, overturning a previous 10-year prison sentence. In 2018, the country’s High Court had ...

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.

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.

Aug 6, 2024 · DHAKA – Days ahead of her 79th birthday, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to get a welcome gift: release from house arrest after anti-government protests ousted her...