Khaleda Zia Jailed For 7 Years

The candidature of jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who has filed her nomination papers for the upcoming general election in the country, has been by the Election Commission due to her convictions in two graft cases.

A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...

The candidature of jailed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who has filed her nomination papers for the upcoming general election in the country, has been by the Election Commission due to her convictions in two graft cases.

A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...