Ministry of Law agreed to extend the jail term suspension period of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia by another 6 months, reports UNB.
Law Minister Anisul Huq said the security services division under the Home Ministry will issue a gazette notification in this regard.
Khaleda Zia will receive treatment from home and she will not be allowed to go abroad during this period, he said.
Recently Khaleda’s family filed a petition before the Home Ministry seeking her unconditional release. They also sought permission from the Home Minister to allow Khaleda to go abroad for her treatment.
The former prime minister was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail after she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a special court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018.
She was convicted in a second corruption case later.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
