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.
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Published: 09 May 2021 10:58 PM BdST
Updated: 09 May 2021 11:42 PM BdST
The BNP has said the government decision not to allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia travel abroad for medical treatment has left it “frustrated” and “angry”. );
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Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gave the reaction on Sunday night after talking to the doctors at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka where Khaleda is undergoing treatment.
Fakhrul said it appeared to him that the party chief’s health was improving.
The 76-year-old former prime minister was admitted to the hospital on Apr 27 after she tested positive for the coronavirus on Apr 11. She has underlying health conditions.
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.
Khaleda’s treatment abroad: Law ministry’s opinion reaches home ministry
Sun Online Desk
9th May, 2021 11:14:35
The files with Law Ministe Anisul Huq’s opinion regarding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia s treatment abroad reached home ministry on Sunday morning.
Public Relations Officer of the law ministry Dr Md Rezaul Karim confirmed the news.
Last week, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia s family sought permission from the government to take her abroad for better treatment.
The government had released the BNP chief on March 25 last year after suspending her jail sentence as per Section 401 (1) of the Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC) for six months primarily.