Rahman, Ziaur
(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 i...
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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 disr...
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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 fil...
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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 repor...
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DHAKA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The head of Bangladesh's
army-backed interim government said on Wednesday no group which
opposed the country's 1971 war of liberation from Pakistan
should be allowed to t...
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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 ...
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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...
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NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Benazir Bhutto only entered
politics after her father was executed by the military. On Thursday she was assassinated, a depressingly predictable
end for a member of o...
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For 15 years Bangladesh has been dominated by the revolving-door premiership of two women whose rivalry is among the most ferocious in the democratic world.President Jimmy Carter tried to get Begum...
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The jails of this crowded, sweltering city are getting crowded, and not with your typical prisoners.There's the previous prime minister's son. There's the disgraced deputy planning minister, a one-...
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The cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh's coast has left the country reeling, but it's only the latest addition to this unlucky nation's list of plagues.There's the grinding poverty that forces some 60...
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Rahman, Ziaur
Ziaur Rahman
Bangladeshi ex-PM's son faces charges
