(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...

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...

Police on Saturday declared a ban on demonstrations in the Bangladesh capital ahead of a two-day nationwide transport blockade planned by a major political alliance to force electoral reforms.The ban on demonstrations and carrying weapons will be imposed starting Sunday, according a police statement.About 12,000...

Bangladesh's new interim leader consolidated his power Sunday by taking over the two agencies that control the army, police and paramilitary security forces.The move by acting leader Fakhruddin Ahmed to take control of the Interior Ministry and Election Commission came days after the president declared...