The law ministry has refused to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment. "I have said in the opinion that Khaleda Zia's jail sentence has been suspended as per section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), on condition that she cannot go abroad. Now, there is no scope to relax this condition. Therefore, she cannot go abroad for treatment," Law
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.