Petition seeks extension of Khaleda's jail term suspension, treatment abroad

A petition was submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday seeking another extension of the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail term and permission to take her abroad for better treatment, reports UNB.

Khaleda Zia's younger brother Shamim Eskander submitted the petition saying that her life is at risk.

Earlier on September, 18, 2023 the government extended the conditional suspension of Khaleda Zia's jail term for another six months. With this, her jail sentence suspension was extended for the eight time.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda Zia from jail through an executive order by suspending her sentence on March 25, 2020, with conditions that she would stay at her Gulshan house and would not leave the country.