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The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered to provide police security to former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Shayrul Kabir Khan, member of BNP’s media cell, said that the order was given on Tuesday (August 13).

Khaleda Zia was imprisoned in two cases. Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018 by Dhaka’s Special Court No. 5 established at Bakshibazar Alia Madrasa ground. After the verdict, Khaleda Zia was kept in the Old Central Jail located on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka. Then on October 30 of that year, the High Court increased his sentence by another five years to 10 years on appeal in this case.

On October 29 of the same year, the same court sentenced Khaleda Zia to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. In addition to seven years imprisonment, Khaleda Zia was fined Tk 10 lakh. In default of payment of fine, he ordered another six months imprisonment.

When the corona epidemic started in March 2020, the government released Khaleda Zia, who was imprisoned by the executive order, for a period of six months from March 25. After that, the suspension period was extended eight times at the request of the family. Sheikh Hasina left the country after resigning from the post of Prime Minister in the face of the students’ movement on August 5. Soon after this, the cabinet and parliament were declared dissolved. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was released on August 6.