News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: The members of parliament (MP) can show respect to the Speaker’s chair in line with their respective religious customs, said Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Thursday.The lawmakers are...
Bangla Press Desk: A mortuary van wrapped with the national flag carrying the body of BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, widely regarded as an uncompromising leader for democracy in Bangladesh, reached Manik...
Staff Reporter: Thousands of ordinary citizens and political leaders from across Bangladesh have gathered in Dhaka to attend the funeral prayer of Begum Khaleda Zia, the country’s three-time former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nat...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh bids farewell on Wednesday to former prime minister Khaleda Zia with a state funeral expected to draw vast crowds, mourning a towering leader whose career defined politics for decades.Zia, the first woman to serve...
Bangla Press Desk: Vehicular movement has remained restricted since 8am on Wednesday in several areas of Dhaka for the state funeral rites of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, according to the Inter-Services Public Re...
Bangla Press Desk: Several foreign ministers, special envoys and senior representatives from different countries are arriving in Dhaka to pay their last respects to former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and to attend her n...
Bangla Press Desk: A special meeting of the Advisory Council was held on Tuesday at the state guest house Jamuna, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, to mourn the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, the three-time former Prime Mini...
Bangla Press Desk: Preparations are under way to bury former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia beside her husband, late president Ziaur Rahman, at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.Party sources said work was seen progressing...
Bangla Press Desk: Khaleda Zia, who has died at the age of 80, was Bangladesh's first female prime minister.Her husband, Ziaur Rahman, a leading figure in the country's struggle for independence, was president in 1977. At the time, Khaled...
Bangla Press Desk: Sayem Sobhan Anvir, Chairman of Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG), has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia (Inna Lillahi Wa innah Ilayhi raji’un).In...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will observe a seven-day period of mourning following the death of its Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.The party announced that details regarding her janaza...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, three-time former Prime Minister, symbol of the democratic movement, and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Part...
Staff Reporter: BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has passed away. She breathed her last at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday (December 30), shortly after the Fajr prayer, while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital. (Indeed, we belong to Allah...
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