On December 28, 2025, Bangladesh’s political landscape shifted dramatically when the Ameer of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Dr. Shafiqur Rahman announced that the National Citizen Party (NCP) ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Huge crowds flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital Wednesday to attend the funeral prayers for former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who ...

In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80. In office for three terms, she traded ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh’s first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent decades trading power, died ...

DHAKA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh's first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent decades trading power, died ...

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with another former premier defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said in a ...

The challenge for India is no longer how to ensure Bangladesh’s stability, but how to engage a Bangladesh that is politically restless, socially mobilized, and strategically self-aware. Security ...

Rahman's return energises BNP supporters for February elections Rahman cleared of corruption charges following Hasina’s ouster Hasina's party barred from contesting polls Attacks on media, violence ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman ...