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What former PM Khaleda Zia's return to Dhaka mean to Bangladesh politics?

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09 May 2025

India has to be vigilant about Dhaka moves on border as the war with Pakistan is on

- BY SATYAKI CHAKRABORTY

What former PM Khaleda Zia's return to Dhaka mean to Bangladesh politics?

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the main political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returned to Dhaka on Tuesday May 6 on the eve of the completion of nine months of the interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

Khaleda who was ailing for long and was not allowed to go abroad for medical treatment during the regime of Sheikh Hasina, was allowed to go to London for treatment by the interim regime.

BNP leaders claim that she is now physically fit and is in a position to take over the leadership of the party and lead it for the coming general elections, expected by the middle of 2026. Khaleda Zia is immensely popular among the BNP supporters. Since she worked as the Prime Minister before, she knows the norms of both government and Parliamentary functioning having close contacts both with the army and the bureaucrats.

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