Bangladesh High Court acquits former PM Khaleda Zia in corruption case, overturning 2018 verdict.

The Bangladesh High Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, overturning her 2018 seven-year prison sentence. Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was accused of raising funds for the Zia Charitable Trust from unknown sources. She was temporarily released in 2020 due to the pandemic and fully freed in August by the president. The acquittal may boost her political comeback.

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