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.

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 will travel to London for medical treatment, according to aides, leaving behind a 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.