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Khaleda’s jail term suspension extended for 6 months

Government has extended by six months its earlier decision which suspended the jail sentence that was imposed on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and released her from prison in the year before. The Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said this while speaking to reporters at his Secretariat office in the afternoon. Khaleda Zia will be treated at home and will not be able to travel abroad, he stated. The former premier was released from jail on the 25th of March last year after being imprisoned for 776 days. The federal government, through an executive order granted her release for six months. This was extended four times. Khaleda's medical professionals stated that the patient was suffering from arthritis rheumatoid, dental, ophthalmological, and diabetes complications. Her family has sought permission from the government to permit her to travel to another country for treatment. But the The Law Minister Anisul Huq on the 12th of September stated that she must go