(b. 1945), prime minister of Bangladesh. Khaleda Zia, the widow of former Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman Zia (1936–1981), was born in Jalpaiguri (now in West Bengal, India), although her family was from the Feni district in Bangladesh. After...

Khaleda Zia (Bangla: খালেদা জিয়া) (born 15 August 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the country's history to hold that position, and then again from 2001 to 2006. She is the widow of...

All the country's leading politicians are under attack THE dynasties that have dominated politics in Bangladesh since independence in 1971 are on the ropes. On April 11th Sheikh Hasina Wajed, former prime minister and leader of the Awami League, was charged over...

AT ONE time or another, every democracy in the Indian subcontinent-India itself, Pakistan and Sri Lanka-has voted a woman into the top job. Now it is Bangladesh's turn. In the general election on February 27th the Bangladesh National Party, led by Begum Khaleda...

The government said Wednesday it has lifted a ban on the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from overseas, and was not pressuring another former leader, Khaleda Zia, to go into exile.The military-backed interim government issued an order on April 18 that barred Hasina...

Bangladeshi security forces used emergency powers to detain 13 senior politicians and former government ministers early Sunday, according to news reports and family members of those detained.The politicians and ex-ministers were picked up from their homes in the capital, Dhaka, the United News of Bangladesh...