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Bangladesh ex-PM and opposition leader Zia freed: party

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Published Tue, Aug 6, 2024 · 05:26 PM
    • The release of Zia (above) comes after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier.
    • The release of Zia (above) comes after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier. PHOTO: BT FILE

    BANGLADESH’S ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia has been released from years of house arrest after her bitter enemy Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier, her party said Tuesday (Aug 6).

    “She is now freed,” a Bangladesh National Party spokesman, A.K.M Wahiduzzaman, told AFP, a day after orders to release her were given following the military taking control. AFP

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