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

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, has been admitted to a London hospital for advanced medical treatment. This marks her first overseas trip since 2017 and follows the suspension of her sentence after the fall of the Awami League regime.

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.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was traveling to London on Tuesday for medical treatment, her aides said, leaving behind a nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her archrival, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in August.

Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has left for London for medical treatment. She travelled aboard a royal air ambulance arranged by the Emir of Qatar. A large number of BNP supporters gathered to bid her farewell.

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.

Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left for London to seek medical treatment, one of her advisers said on Tuesday. The three-time former premier and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has ailments including liver cirrhosis,