DHAKA:  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family members’ visit to her has been canceled.

Family members were scheduled to meet Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital around 3 pm on Saturday (December 14).

BNP chairperson's press wing member Shamsuddin Didar told Banglanews: “Prison authorities canceled family members’ visit to Khaleda Zia. The visit has been rescheduled to be held again at 3 pm on December 16.”

Family members last met Khaleda Zia on November 13. 

On February 8 of 2018, a Dhaka court sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust case. She has been undergoing treatment at BSMMU since April 1.

BDST: 1730 HRS, DEC 14, 2019

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