Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman PM: A life of power and resistance

In early December, 48-year-old Tipu Sultan, a grassroots activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stood outside Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital holding a placard that read, “I want to donate my…

Bangladesh’s Khaleda Zia hospitalised in ‘very critical’ condition

Ex-prime minister’s family calls for prayers for her early recovery after hospitalisation for a lung infection. Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been hospitalised in “very critical” condition, according…