Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was freed from prison in March after serving 25 months in two corruption cases, was receiving treatment at her residence here amid the coronavirus pandemic
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, who is convicted in two graft cases, cannot contest the upcoming 11th general election next month.
Zia, 73, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February in another case related to embezzlement of funds of an orphanage named after her husband late president Ziaur Rahman.
Zia, 73, is already serving a jail term since February after being convicted in another case related embezzlement of funds of an orphanage named after her husband president Ziaur Rahman in February.
The attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 targeted Hasina, now the prime minister of Bangladesh. Hasina survived in the attack with a partial hearing loss.
Khaleda cannot be released even after getting an interim bail as she is under arrest in other cases as well.
"The judge (of Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court) granted her bail in two cases – one related to her 'fake birth dates' and the other for 'undermining' the national flag," a prosecution lawyer said.
Khaleda's son Tarique Rahman and four others have been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the same case.
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