Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia departed for the UK on her first foreign trip since 2017, seeking advanced medical treatment, according to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Thousands of supporters lined the streets to bid farewell, causing hours-long traffic jams on the route to Dhaka airport.

During Sheikh Hasina's tenure, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was sentenced to 17 years in prison on charges of corruption in two separate cases.

Zia was freed from jail a day after former PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League's (AL) 16-year regime in August.

After arriving in London, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken directly from Heathrow Airport to a hospital. She will be admitted to the ‘London Clinic' for advanced medical treatment. On Wednesday,

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers. Zahiruddin Swapan, an adviser to Zia, told The Associated Press by phone that the three-time former premier and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party left Hazrat

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital on Tuesday for medical treatment in London, according to one of her advisers. The 79-year-old left behind a South Asian nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her archrival,

Ailing former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia has flown to London for long-sought medical treatment, a party spokesman said, months after a student-led revolution ousted a government that had prevented her from travelling abroad.