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Khaleda Zia funeral: EAM Jaishankar meets BNP’s Tarique Rahman in Dhaka; hands PM Modi’s condolence letter | India News

EAM Jaishankar meets BNP’s Tarique Rahman in Dhaka; hands PM Modi’s condolence letter (Picture credit: X/@DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday handed over a personal letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman during a meeting in Dhaka, as he conveyed India’s deepest condolences…

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Border bonds: Jalpaiguri mourns its daughter Khaleda Zia; Bangladesh’s first woman PM was born in West Bengal town | India News

JALPAIGURI: Grief over former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s death on Tuesday travelled well beyond Dhaka, reaching Jalpaiguri, a north Bengal town nearly 434 km away, where memories of her early life still lingered. For the people here, it was a loss of one of their own.Khaleda Zia was born in Jalpaiguri in 1946 and spent…

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Power vacuum? Hasina’s archrival Khaleda Zia passes away – What it means for Bangladesh polls

The death of Khaleda Zia closes one of the most dominant and polarising chapters in Bangladesh’s political history, and throws the country’s approaching national elections into uncharted territory. For more than three decades, Zia was not merely a leader of the opposition or a former prime minister; she was an electoral force without precedent. From…

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Khalida Zia death: EAM Jaishankar to attend funeral in Dhaka; PM Modi pays tribute | India News

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will attend the funeral of Bangladesh’s former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka tomorrow, the ministry if external affairs said on Tuesday.“The external affairs minister, Dr. S Jaishankar will represent the government and people of India at the funeral of Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of…

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Two terms, decades of rivalry: Who was Khaleda Zia – Bangladesh’s first woman PM and BNP chief

Khaleda ZiaKhaleda Zia (ANI image) Former Bangladesh prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia died early Tuesday at the age of 80, party officials confirmed. She had been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. According to her party, Zia died around 6.00 am, shortly after Fajr prayers, after remaining in critical…

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Bangladesh: BNP hails PM Modi’s concern for critical Khaleda Zia; terms it a ‘gesture of goodwill’

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia (ANI file photo) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he conveyed concern and extended good wishes to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who remains in a critical condition. Zia, 80, a long-time rival of Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader Sheikh Hasina,…

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Naya Zia moment? Pakistan’s 27th Amendment boosts Asim Munir’s ‘taj-e-saltanat’; Oppn readies mass protests

Pakistan’s government has introduced a major constitutional change that has sparked widespread debate and protests across the country. The proposed 27th constitutional amendment, which will be voted on in Parliament next week, seeks to restructure the military’s chain of command and overhaul the judiciary, prompting strong criticism from the Opposition.The current move mirrors the era…

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