Khaleda has no scope to go abroad
Convicted prisoner can’t leave country: Home Minister
Staff Correspondent
10 May, 2021 12:00 AM
The government has rejected the appeal of the family of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia for permission to take her abroad for better treatment.
“The application (submitted by Khaleda Zia’s brother Shamim Iskander, seeking permission to take her abroad for treatment) has not been not accepted,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said.
Asaduzzaman made the disclosure at a press briefing at his secretariat office in the capital on Sunday hours after his ministry got the law ministry’s opinion on the application.
The home boss had earlier said the government would actively consider the plea on humanitarian grounds. The law ministry has informed us that Khaleda Zia cannot go abroad unless her sentence is commuted. In the light of this, the application of Khaleda Zia s family will not be granted, Asaduzzaman said at his Secretariat office yesterday.
He also said they would soon inform the BNP chief s family of their decision.
The minister mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave Khaleda the opportunity to receive treatment at home at her convenience following suspension of her sentence on humanitarian grounds.
Khaleda later got infected with Covid-19 and was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital, he said.
Staff Correspondent,
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Published: 05 Mar 2021 03:40 AM BdST
Updated: 05 Mar 2021 03:40 AM BdST
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