[🇧🇩] Monitoring Khaleda Zia's political and health issues

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চিকিৎসার জন্য খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে পাঠানোর সব প্রস্তুতি সম্পন্ন: ডা. জাহিদ

শারীরিক সুস্থতার ওপর বিদেশে নিয়ে যাওয়া নির্ভর করছে বলে জানান তিনি।

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চিকিৎসার জন্য খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে পাঠানোর সব প্রস্তুতি সম্পন্ন: ডা. জাহিদ
শারীরিক সুস্থতার ওপর বিদেশে নিয়ে যাওয়া নির্ভর করছে বলে জানান তিনি।

রাতে বিএনপি চেয়ারপারসন গুলশানের বাসায় ফেরার পর প্রেস ব্রিফিং করেন ডা. এ জেড এম জাহিদ। ছবি: সংগৃহীত

উন্নত চিকিৎসার জন্য বিএনপি চেয়ারপারসন খালেদা জিয়াকে বিদেশে পাঠাতে মেডিকেল বোর্ড সব প্রস্তুতি সম্পন্ন করেছে বলে বিএনপির স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য এ জেড এম জাহিদ হোসেন জানিয়েছেন।

আজ বুধবার রাতে খালেদা জিয়াকে হাসপাতাল থেকে গুলশানের বাসায় আনার পর এক ব্রিফিংয়ে ডা. জাহিদ এ কথা জানান।

তিনি বলেন, 'আমাদের সব প্রস্তুতি সম্পন্ন। এমনকি কোন হাসপাতালে তাকে নেওয়া হবে তাও ঠিক করা হয়ে গেছে।'

'আমরা দুটি হাসপাতাল ঠিক করেছি একটি যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে এবং আরেকটি যুক্তরাজ্যে। দুই হাসপাতালের কনসালট্যান্টদের সঙ্গে আলাপ চূড়ান্ত হয়েছে,' বলেন তিনি।

ডা. জাহিদ আরও বলেন, 'চেয়ারপারসনকে কীভাবে বিদেশে নেওয়া হবে, তাও ঠিক করা হয়েছে। আইনগত যে জটিলতা আছে, সেটা নিয়ে বর্তমান সরকারের সঙ্গেও কথা বলেছি।'

'এখন শুধু উনার শারীরিক সুস্থতার ওপর নির্ভর করবে নিয়ে যাওয়া। যখন তিনি উড়োজাহাজে থাকেন, বিশেষ করে টেকঅফ ও ল্যান্ডিংয়ের সময় তার হার্টের সমস্যা, লিভারের সমস্যা এবং কিডনির জটিলতাগুলো আছে, সবকিছু মিলিয়ে চিকিৎসকরা এখনো মনে করছেন যে ১২-১৩ ঘণ্টা জার্নি তিনি করতে পারবেন কিনা,' বলেন এই চিকিৎসক।​

 

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Khaleda Zia donates Tk 200,000 for flood victims

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia donated Tk 200,000 to the party's central relief fund on Wednesday to assist flood victims in the country’s northern region. On her behalf, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir handed over the money to Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, the convener of the BNP's

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Khaleda Zia donates Tk 200,000 for flood victims
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Published :
Oct 09, 2024 20:04
Updated :
Oct 09, 2024 20:04

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia donated Tk 200,000 to the party's central relief fund on Wednesday to assist flood victims in the country’s northern region.

On her behalf, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir handed over the money to Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, the convener of the BNP's Relief Collection Committee, at the party's Nayapaltan central office.

Fakhrul said he met Khaleda on Tuesday after she requested him to come to her Gulshan residence.

“When I met her, she gave me Tk 200,000 to contribute to the party’s relief fund, saying it was her personal money for the flood victims,” the BNP leader explained.

He said Khaleda has always stood by people and has led the nation during the times of crisis.

“Unfortunately, the fascist Awami League regime has kept her confined for six years on false charges. She became seriously ill during her time in jail and continues to suffer from health issues,” Fakhrul added.

The BNP secretary general urged the people of the country to pray for Khaleda's speedy recovery.

Earlier, on August 23, the BNP formed an eight-member committee, led by standing committee member Zahid Hossain, to collect relief materials for the flood-affected people in the southeastern districts.

At that time, the party raised some Tk 200 million in cash and relief materials for flood victims in eastern districts, including Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Cumilla, Khagrachari, Habiganj and parts of Chattogram and Chandpur.

As some northern districts were also affected by the floods, the party has now resumed its fundraising efforts to support the victims and alleviate their suffering.​

 

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Shamsuzzaman Dudu for withdrawal of cases against Khaleda, Tarique

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of all 'repressive cases' against former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. He made the call at a discussion organized by Banglades

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Shamsuzzaman Dudu for withdrawal of cases against Khaleda, Tarique
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Oct 15, 2024 22:23
Updated :
Oct 15, 2024 22:23

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of all 'repressive cases' against former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.

He made the call at a discussion organized by Bangladesh Mofasswal Journalists' Association at the Jatiya Press Club here demanding immediate steps to ensure return of Tarique Rahman to his motherland from exile, BSS reports.

Dudu said, "Withdraw all the cases filed against BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia as the cases were filed with vengeance attitudes by deposed dictator Sheikh Hasina . . . And also withdraw the false and repressive cases filed against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to ensure his return to his homeland".

Shamsuzzaman Dudu alleged that BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia was brutally tortured.

He said Begum Zia was kept in jail for years by implicating her in several fabricated cases to take revenge.

"The reason behind this was nothing but to take revenge because country's popular leader Begum Khaleda Zia who has always been uncompromising in the movements to establish democracy . . . she also has struggled for the country and its people throughout her life," Dudu added.

This most popular leader of Bangladesh has dedicated her entire life to protect the independence and democracy, he mentioned.

About Tarique Rahman, the BNP leader said, "BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has been sentenced in connection with a false case. He was forced to spend his entire youth life abroad with a false case," Dudu added.

He added: "Not only that, the erstwhile fascist government did not allow his any speech to be published in the newspapers and media of the country. Although the dictator has gone, the cases of both of them are yet to withdraw."

Journalists' association president Sakhawat-Ibne-Moin Chowdhury presided over the discussion while BNP Joint Secretary General and former DUCSU GS Khairul Kabir Khokon, BNP executive committee member and former MP Nazim Uddin Alam, BNP leader Abu Naser Md Rahmatullah, Krishak Dal leader SK Sadi, President of Desh Bachao Manush Bachao Andolan KM Rakibul Islam Ripon, among others, spoke at the discussion.​

 

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HC scraps 11 cases against Khaleda

The High Court yesterday scrapped the trial proceedings of 11 cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

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HC scraps 11 cases against Khaleda

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The High Court yesterday scrapped the trial proceedings of 11 cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The cases were filed in connection with arson, violence, and sedition with different police stations in Dhaka in 2015.

Yesterday, the HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the verdicts after hearing 11 petitions filed by Khaleda in 2017 seeking to quash proceedings of the cases.

Khaleda's lawyers Zainul Abedin, Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Kayser Kamal, and Nasir Uddin Ahmed Ashim told reporters that trial proceedings of 10 arson and violence cases were cancelled on the grounds that their clients were not present at the places of occurrences mentioned in the cases.

Also, the HC quashed the sedition case against the BNP chief as the case was filed by a lawyer without taking permission from the home ministry, said Mahbub Uddin Khokon.

BNP's Legal Affairs Secretary Kayser Kamal told The Daily Star that former prime minister and BNP chief Khaleda has been accused in 37 cases lodged during the rule of Awami League government on various charges, including corruption, violence, arson, defamation, and sedition.

Of the cases, the HC yesterday scrapped 11 cases, the lower courts concerned in different districts earlier dismissed nine defamation cases and the president granted her clemency in two graft cases in which she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, the lawyer said, adding that she is on bail in the other cases.

Among other pro-BNP lawyers Ragib Rauf Chowdhury, Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal, Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah, Anisur Rahman Raihan, Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, HM Shanjid Siddique, and Maksud Ullah were representing Khaleda in the court during the hearing on the petitions, while Deputy Attorney General Jasim Sarkar represented the state.

Khaleda, who was under house arrest for the last five years, was released on August 6 this year after the president pardoned her, a day after Hasina resigned and fled the country amid a mass uprising.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin, exercising his power under article 49 of the constitution, granted Khaleda clemency in the two cases based on the law ministry's recommendation and ordered her release.

On February 8, 2018, Khaleda was sent to the Old Dhaka Jail after a special court in Dhaka sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The High Court later doubled her five-year jail term.

In the same year, the same special court in Dhaka sentenced Khaleda to seven years in jail in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda from jail through an executive order suspending her sentence on March 25, 2020, with the condition that she stay in her Gulshan house and not leave the country.​

 

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HC accepts Khaleda’s appeal in Zia Charitable Trust case for hearing

The High Court on Sunday accepted for hearing Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her conviction and sentence in the Zia Charitable Trust case.

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HC accepts Khaleda’s appeal in Zia Charitable Trust case for hearing
Staff Correspondent 03 November, 2024, 14:41

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The High Court on Sunday accepted for hearing Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her conviction and sentence in the Zia Charitable Trust case.

Khaleda, also former prime minister, filed the appeal in 2018 following her sentence of seven-year jail, which was remitted by the president after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina government amid the student-people uprising on August 5.

The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain permitted Khaleda’s layers to prepare a paper book in her expense for the hearing of the appeal.

Her lawyer Zainul Abedin, argued that the president remitted Khaleda’s sentence while the appeal remained pending with the court.

Khaleda did not request administrative relief and she sought a legal resolution instead as it was a politically motivated case, he contended.

In addition to the Zia Charitable Trust case, another appeal remains pending with the Appellate Division against Khaleda’s sentence in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.

In Zia Orphanage case, the High Court on October 30, 2018, following the Anti-Corruption Commission appeal, increased her sentence to imprisonment for 10 years from five years.

Bothe the cases were filed during the 2007-08 military-controlled interim regime. Khaleda also faces 35 more cases.

Of the cases, 19 have been dismissed by the courts, and her sentences in both the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust cases were remitted following Hasina’s ouster and escape to India the mass uprising on August 5.

In March 2020, amid the Covid pandemic, the Awami League government granted Khaleda temporary release from prison under an executive order on conditions.

The conditional release has been extended multiple times to keep her out of jail considering her health condition.​