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...

LENNOX LEWIS is taller than Hasim Rahman. He is heavier than the world champion, he has a longer reach, and he has greater experience. Package those attributes together in a well-conditioned body and they form a formidable arsenal. Yet, when the two...

00-00-0000 Rahman draws with Tua By KEITH IDEC, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Date: 03-30-2003, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday Late run only PHILADELPHIA -- This time the judges provided the controversial conclusion to a fight between David Tua and Hasim Rahman....

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...