Khaleda Zia’s jail suspension extended for 6 more months
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the announcement on Sunday, saying that she can receive treatment at home but cannot leave the country during this period.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the announcement on Sunday, saying that she can receive treatment at home but cannot leave the country during this period.
"She is suffering from arm and leg pain. Her fingers are still bent while she is suffering from diabetes as well," Selima said.
Earlier on Thursday, the Home ministry had sent an order for Khaleda's release to the prison authorities, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the go-ahead.
The two graft cases involve the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust.
In April this year, the High Court had accepted Khaleda's appeal, challenging a trial court verdict.
Sheikh Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came under attack upon arriving in Pabna's Ishwardy on September 23, 1994.
Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.
Opposition has called the elections farce and demanded fresh polling; at least 17 people were killed in poll-related violence in eight districts
Chief Election Commissioner K.M. Nurul Huda made the announcement in capital Dhaka, a day after the opposition alliance, including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, decided to contest the polls.
The much-hyped dialogue ended at about 11 p.m. on Thursday which had started four hours earlier at Hasina's official residence here, reports Xinhua news agency.
