UNB, Kuala Lumpur

Chief Advisor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed said here yesterday that his government is ready to extend the same gesture to detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia which was shown to another ex-premier, Sheikh Hasina, through her interim release for treatment abroad.
“Sheikh Hasina was released through a legal process for her treatment abroad and the government has issued notification in this regard. If she (Khaleda) desires, same

gesture will be extended to her-there is no hesitation about it,” he said at a meeting with Bangladeshi community in the ballroom of Hotel Renaissance tonight. [Read more]