Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, died after a prolonged illness, said her Bangladesh Nationalist Party. She was 80. She had been suffering from advanced cirrhosis of the liver, arthritis, diabetes, chest and heart problems.
The former prime minister had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka since November 23. As her condition deteriorated, she was placed on ventilator support on December 11.
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus announced three days of state mourning and a one-day general holiday following Zia’s death
She served as Bangladesh’s prime minister for three terms – from 1991 to 1996, briefly in 1996 and from 2001 to 2006.
Khaleda Zia was married to former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman, who was killed during an attempted coup in 1981. Read on.
A Bengaluru court discharged Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Revanna in a 2020 sexual assault case. The former Karnataka minister had been accused of sexually assaulting a domestic worker in his home in Hassan that year.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate KN Shivakumar noted that there had been a four-year delay on the part of the woman in filing the complaint.
Neither the complainant nor the prosecution had provided a reasonable explanation for why the court should take cognisance of the case and condone the delay, the magistrate said.
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Source: Rush Hour: Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia dies, JD(S) MLA discharged in sexual harassment case & more
