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Bangladesh frees Hasina rival Khaleda Zia from house arrest

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was moved to a hospital as her health deteriorated [File: Pavel Rahman/AP]

Bangladesh has released Begum Khaleda Zia, the chair of the main opposition party, from house arrest, the president’s office announced.

Zia, 78, who twice held the post of prime minister, was convicted in a corruption case in 2018 and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

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