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B'desh Court rejects Khaleda Zia's bail plea in charitable trust graft cas
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 31 (ANI): The High Court (HC) on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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Fresh arrest warrant against Khaleda Zia
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 21 (ANI): A Dhaka court has issued a fresh arrest warrant against jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2014 case where she is accused of making inflammatory comments and hurting religious sentiments.
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Bangladesh to elect new government today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 30 (ANI): Bangladesh is all set to choose a new representative in the Jatiya Sangshad or the unicameral legislature of the country for a period of next five years.
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Bangladesh election: A confident Awami League, a struggling Opposition
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 29 (ANI): If the predictions are not in the end proved wrong, Sheikh Hasina and her ruling Awami League, in alliance with a few small parties, will win a third consecutive term in power at the general election on Sunday.
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Facebook, Twitter remove fake sites, accounts ahead of B'desh elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 22 (ANI): Social networking giants Facebook and Twitter have removed dozens of fake news sites and accounts pertaining to information praising the government and criticising the opposition parties ahead of the Bangladesh general elections.
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Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League to win third term: EIU
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI): Speculations are high that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would win third consecutive term in Parliament in the elections on December 30 this year.
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Sheikh Hasina's fight against Islamic terror might help her keep power in
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Apart from the noticeable socio-economic growth track, what is favourable for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comeback is her government's "zero-tolerance" policy to counter violent extremism.
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BNP-ISI conspiracies exposed in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 12 (ANI): Secret agencies in Bangladesh have exposed the alleged nexus between pro-jihadist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who were planning to target the members of a court dealing with war crimes.
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Orphanage case: Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia's sentence doubled
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 30 (ANI): A Bangladesh court on Tuesday extended the sentence of former Prime Minister and chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years over graft case
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 29 (ANI): Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khalida Zia and three others were sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday in connection with Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
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2004 grenade attack: Khaleda Zia's son sentenced to life imprisonment
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 10 (ANI): As many as 19 people, including former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2004 grenade attack case.
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Sharif to appear before court in remaining 2 graft cases
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 28 (ANI): Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will on Tuesday appear before the Accountability Court in Islamabad for the hearing in the two remaining references against him and his family.
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