- Saturday, April 27, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
HOPES RISE FOR FORMER BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER KHALEDA TO BE FREED BANGLADESH’S opposition leader Khaleda Zia was granted bail on corruption charges last Wednesday (16) after her lawyers argued her health was at risk, paving the way for her to be released from jail. Zia, 72, was imprisoned in February after being accused of embezzling money intended for an orphanage, an allegation she said was politically motivated. In a unanimous ruling, the supreme court upheld a lower court’s decision to grant Zia bail while she appeals against the five-year jail term, her lawyer Joynal Abedin said. Zia’s lawyers said they told…
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