US EditionBangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for elections
- Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister, returned from London on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after four months of medical treatment.
- Her return follows the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a students-led uprising last August and comes amid calls for elections under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.
- Zia's arrival at Dhaka's main airport at 10:43 a.m. Was marked by thousands of supporters carrying Bangladesh and BNP flags along a nine-kilometer route to her Gulshan residence.
- BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir described her return as a moment of great joy for both the party and the country, noting that it would help advance the process toward democratic change.
- Zia’s presence intensifies pressure on interim leaders to hold national elections by December or by June, depending on political reforms, indicating a critical moment for Bangladesh’s democracy.
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Khaleda Zia returns to Bangladesh amid intensifying calls for election
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment in London. Her party, the BNP, hopes her return will help restore democracy in the nation.
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Bangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for elections
Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday morning after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia Return to the country
The Asian country has a government led by the Nobel Prize for Peace Muhammad Yunus, since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was deposed by students in August last year. Zia - Hasina archirival - and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have pressured the Yunus Government to conduct national elections in December, so that the country returns to the democratic regime. Many hold Hasina's defeat as an opportunity for the return to democratic elections…
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