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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (December 1, 2025) reached retired to Bangladesh and promised “all imaginable support” to assistance successful the betterment of the ailing erstwhile Prime Minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia, who has been successful a captious information for astir a week astatine a Dhaka hospital.
Earlier connected Monday (December 1, 2025), a five-member delegation of Chinese doctors reached Bangladesh to assistance the squad supervising Begum Zia’s attraction astatine the Evercare Hospital successful Dhaka.
“Deeply acrophobic to larn astir the wellness of Begum Khaleda Zia, who has contributed to Bangladesh’s nationalist beingness for galore years. Our sincere prayers and champion wishes for her speedy recovery. India stands acceptable to widen each imaginable support, successful immoderate mode we can,” Mr. Modi said successful a connection posted connected societal media level X connected Monday (December 1, 2025).
The Indian Prime Minister had met Begum Zia during his June 2015 sojourn to Dhaka, erstwhile India and Bangladesh, past helmed by Sheikh Hasina, had signed the landmark Land Boundary Agreement. In a uncommon outreach to Opposition leaders, Mr. Modi had met Begum Zia and the Jatiyo Party’s Raushan Ershad during that visit.
Ms. Khaleda Zia has been portion of Bangladesh’s governmental beingness for much than 4 decades, having taken complaint of the BNP aft the brutal sidesplitting of her hubby and past President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman connected May 30, 1981.
She campaigned for the restoration of multi-party ideology with Ms. Hasina, the person of the Awami League, which led to the extremity of the subject dictatorship nether the precocious General Hossein Mohammed Ershad. Begum Zia, arsenic she is popularly known, became the archetypal pistillate Prime Minister of Bangladesh erstwhile the BNP won the predetermination successful 1991. She returned to powerfulness successful 2001 and remained successful powerfulness till 2006.
Her enactment boycotted 3 elections successful Bangladesh, starting with the predetermination of 2014 onward till 2024, and provided enactment to the anti-Hasina uprising successful August 2024. During this time, however, Begum Zia remained progressive successful governmental beingness and often met visiting overseas delegations.
The BNP is presently the largest governmental enactment and is expected to bash good successful the February 2026 predetermination announced by the interim authorities of Bangladesh.
