Former military ruler and President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad passed away ... after the country’s independence, Ershad quickly rose through the ranks in the Bangladesh Army.

Hussein Mohammed Ershad, the former military dictator of Bangladesh who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and was serving as opposition leader in Parliament, died July 14 at a hospital in Dhaka, the capital.

Former Bangladesh President and military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad has died aged 89 following age-related health complications, an aide has said. “He died today morning after suffering for ...

As dictators go, Hussain Muhammad Ershad was not an outright brute. Bangladesh, under his rule, was not a land of mass terror, imprisonment and execution. It was, rather, a country where cynicism ...

India's Minister of External Affairs — S Jaishankar — has condoled the demise of Bangladesh's former president, and military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Jaishankar, in a tweet, said Ershad will ...