Dhaka. Khaleda Zia, one of the influential personalities of Bangladesh politics and the nation’s first girl Prime Minister, has handed away. He breathed his final on the morning of 30 December at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. 80-yr-outdated Khaleda Zia was hospitalized for the final one month, however final night time her well being immediately deteriorated critically.
The media cell of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) confirmed his demise by its official Facebook web page. According to the occasion, Khaleda Zia died at round 6 in the morning after Fajr prayers. As quickly because the news of his demise unfold, an enormous crowd of occasion leaders, employees and supporters gathered exterior the hospital premises.
First girl Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Khaleda Zia has been a historic identify in Bangladesh politics. She turned the primary girl Prime Minister of the nation and held this submit twice. Along with this, she was additionally the founding chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the president of the occasion for a very long time. Under his management, BNP emerged as the foremost political pressure in Bangladesh.
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After the dying of Khaleda Zia, BNP has introduced seven days of official mourning. Senior joint common secretary of the occasion, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi advised in a press convention that in this era, black flags might be hoisted at occasion workplaces throughout the nation together with the central workplace at Nayapaltan. Leaders and employees will put on black badges and dua mehfils might be organized at varied locations.
Emotional return of son Tariq Rehman
Khaleda Zia’s elder son and BNP working president Tariq Rahman lately returned to Bangladesh from London after 17 years. His return on 25 December was thought of essential from the political perspective, however his mom’s dying turned it right into a deep mourning. It is reported that Tariq Rehman reached the hospital late at night time and remained there for a number of hours.
Khaleda Zia’s demise comes at a time when Bangladesh is heading in the direction of election season. General elections are proposed in the nation on 12 February 2026. The then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina needed to go away the nation following violent protests in August 2024, after which an interim authorities was fashioned beneath the management of Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus. In such a political surroundings, Khaleda Zia’s departure is being thought of an enormous blow for BNP at each emotional and strategic ranges.