A fugitive facing several arrest warrants, he has been living in London in self-exile since 2008. Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, the party’s second-in-command, has also been convicted in two graft cases. Verdicts were given in just two of a total of 37 cases she faces. The former PM was convicted ahead of the December 2018 national election, with judges acting on longstanding cases against her. The 73-year-old politician had been its only prisoner for the last year as others detained in the jail were shifted to the city’s outskirts. She has been serving her time in a jailhouse in the older part of the capital, which once housed the Dhaka Central Jail. Then in October, a court ruling on her appeal doubled her jail term. Zia was found guilty of corruption and sent to jail for five years on February 8 last year. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – one of the country’s biggest political parties – is enduring the worst days since its formation four decades ago, with its leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia languishing in jail for over a year.
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