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.

A former prime minister, Zia fought hard against Gen Ershad’s military rule. But her shutdowns and street protests weakened parliamentary democracy. Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia ...

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital on Tuesday for medical treatment in London, according to one of her advisers. The 79-year-old left behind a South Asian ...

Toppling autocrats is easier than rebuilding the institutions democracy depends on. By Zahid Hussain and Tom Felix Joehnk Huge crowds turned out to say goodbye to Khaleda Zia, the country’s first ...

In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80. In office for three terms, she traded ...