Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia jailed for corruption case

8 February 2018 02:48 pm Views - 7530

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case by a court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, Al Jazeera reported.

Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 on Thursday sentenced the two-time former prime minister to rigorous imprisonment.

Zia, the chairperson of the country's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), along with five others, was accused of embezzlement of funds meant for an orphanage.

Tarique Rahman, Zia's elder son who is vice president of the party, and four others have been given 10 years in the politically significant case ahead of the general elections scheduled to be held later this year.