Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman, popularly known as Zia (1936-1981), succeeded to a significant extent in bringing political and economic stability to the new nation following a period of great disruption. Mansur Rahman, father of Ziaur Rahman, was a...

(1935–1981), president of Bangladesh. Ziaur Rahman was commissioned in the Pakistan army in 1953 and was a major in Chittagong when Bangladesh's war of independence began in 1971. He led a force against Pakistan and continued in the...

Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: জিয়াউর রহমান Ziaur Rôhman) (January 19 1936 – May 30 1981) was the President of Bangladesh and the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Popularly called Zia, he is also sometimes referred to...

Bangladeshi police filed extortion charges on Sunday against a former prime minister's son who had been a powerful political leader in a country that ranks among the world's most corrupt.Police filed charges with a magistrate's court against Tarique Rahman for allegedly extorting $147,000 from a...

The security forces of Bangladesh's emergency interim government on Thursday arrested six politicians, including the son of the former prime minister, over corruption allegations, local media reported.Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was detained at his mother's house in Dhaka, the...

Today is Wednesday, May 30, the 150th day of 2007. There are 215 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.On this date:In 1854, the territories of...

Police arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday on extortion charges, and she was ordered jailed pending trial, her lawyer said.Her arrest sparked protests by her supporters, who were driven away by baton-wielding police.Hasina is the leader of one of two political dynasties who...