Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Dhaka Begum Khaleda Zia, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, accepted a heavy defeat in the general election, despite alleging that the vote was rigged. Her Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 29 seats of a possible 300. The Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina Wajed, won 230.
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday visited ailing MP elect Hasina Ahmed at Square Hospital in the city.Hasina Ahmed, wife of former state minister of communications Salahuddin Ahmed, was elected parliamentary election form Cox's Bazar constituency. She was injured seriously in a road accident on her way to Dhaka from Cox's Bazar.Begum Zia stayed some time beside the ailing...
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum.Such articles have no value as the clear motive is Islam-bashing in different pretexts. The writer says," Begum Khaleda Zia's governance was dominated by the Islamist fundamentalist parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami and Islamic Okiya Jote who were her alliance partners . The end result of such a coalition was a virtual confrontational attitude towards India,...
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Subhash Kapila B angladesh General Elections results augur well for India with the emergence of Begum Sheikh Hasina's Awami League alliance inflicting a crushing defeat on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Begum Khaleda Zia. In her last tenure as Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia's governance was dominated by the Islamist fundamentalist parties like the...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... by an army-backed administration.Sheikh Hasina has called for opposition leader and bitter rival, Begum Khaleda Zia, to cooperate in restoring democracy and promised to end decades of political confrontation. Democracy was suspended for two years after the parties they head paralyzed the country with street protests and deadly violence.There are signs that change is in the air for...
News (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... of parliament’s 300 seats in the December 29 election, with just 31 going to her bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami.Hasina and Khaleda had alternated in power for 15 years ending in 2006, with Khaleda winning two five-year terms and Hasina one. The period was marked by frequent street protests, strikes...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... of parliament's 300 seats in the December 29 election, with just 31 going to her bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami.Hasina and Khaleda had alternated in power for 15 years ending in 2006, with Khaleda winning two five-year terms and Hasina one.The period was marked by frequent street protests, strikes...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... of parliament's 300 seats in the December 29 election, with just 31 going to her bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami.Hasina and Khaleda had alternated in power for 15 years ending in 2006, with Khaleda winning two five-year terms and Hasina one.The period was marked by frequent street protests, strikes...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... had six cases against her, including a murder charge. Both Sheikh Hasina and her political rival, Begum Khaleda Zia, were charged with corruption and were jailed for several months. They had denied the charges, saying these were “politically motivated” — IANS
Good Read (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Lalitha Panicker The recently-concluded Bangladesh polls have been quite a turn-up for the books. Though the odds were in favour of Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina, no one really thought she would notch up a staggering 230 against the 27 of Begum Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Many may think that irrespective of which Begum wins, we’ll just see more of...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
After a landslide victory in parliamentary elections this week, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina offered a senior governmental post to bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia to 'strengthen democracy'. Khaleda had made claims of vote-rigging.
