Angry protesters attacked government offices and damaged vehicles in northern Bangladesh on Wednesday after authorities rejected applications by former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad to ...

Bangladesh's former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad, banned from contesting elections on corruption charges, has been ordered to surrender to a Dhaka court by January 17, legal officials said ...

Former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad appealed on Friday against the Bangladesh Election Commission's decision to ban him from contesting next month's parliamentary elections. Ershad's lawyers ...

Sporadic violence has flared in city neighborhoods for weeks as Bangladesh has been torn by political turmoil between leader Hussain Mohammad Ershad and opponents trying to topple his government.

PublishedJune 27, 2007 Comments The wife of former Bangladesh military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad declared on Tuesday that she had taken control of his Jatiya Party, a day after former ...

Gulf News August 10, 2005 DubaiThursday, August 11, 2005 Bangladesh's former military ruler Lt Gen Hossain Mohammad Ershad has proposed a new electoral formula based on proportional representation of ...

Thousands of Bangladeshis marched through the capital Sunday demanding the execution of former president Hossain Mohammad Ershad. But Ershad, forced to step down on Dec. 6 as opposition mushroomed ...

Chittagong, Oct 15 (bdnews24.com) - At least 20 activists of Jatiya Party were injured when two rival factions clashed at an Iftar party attended by party chief Hossain Mohammad Ershad at a city ...

DHAKA (Reuters) -- After nine years in power and then six years in jail on charges of corruption, Bangladesh's former military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad is now being wooed by the political parties ...

Mr Ershad spent six years in prison on corruption charges in the 1990s. He is currently out on bail, facing 17 pending charges; dropping these appears to be part of his price for joining the alliance.

President Hossain Mohammad Ershad on Tuesday ordered a fresh crackdown on foes whose national strike continues to cripple Bangladesh. Ershad told police to search houses to ferret out bomb-makers ...

Jatiya Party (Ershad) yesterday primarily announced the names of 102 aspiring candidates to contest the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 18. The parliamentary board of JP approved ...