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Bangladesh court sentences ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Raham to life imprisonment in 2004 grenade attack case
• 7 years agoThe attack on an Awami League rally on 21 August 2004 targeted Sheikh Hasina, who was the opposition leader at that time. Tarique Rahman was tried in absentia with the court declaring him a "fugitive".
After Khaleda Zia's imprisonment, Bangladesh's main Opposition party names her son Tarique Rahman as acting head
• 8 years agoBangladesh's main Opposition party named the exiled eldest son of Khaleda Zia as its acting head on Friday, a day after a court jailed its leader for corruption.
"I will be back": Ex-Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia told relatives minutes before being sentenced to jail
• 8 years ago"I will be back, there is no need to cry," Khaleda Zia on Thursday told her weeping relatives and supporters, minutes before she was sentenced to five years in jail.
Bangladesh court orders arrest of Khalida Zia for 2015 arson attack that killed eight people
• 8 years agoA Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with bomb attacks on a bus during an anti-government agitation in 2015 that killed eight persons, a police official said.
Deposition in Khaleda Zia graft cases deferred
Fwire • 11 years agoDhaka, May 21 (IANS) The hearing in two cases of corruption in the charitable organisations against former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has been deferred to June 19, a media report said. Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief, did not appear before a Dhaka court Wednesday, bdnews24.com reported.