BNP chief Khaleda Zia, other leaders freed

Ailing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia (79) was released from prison (house arrest) on Tuesday, Bangladesh media reported. She had been released from prison in 2020 on condition that she stayed in her house and not leave the country. The BNP chairperson’s adviser, Amanullah Aman, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, and other central leaders were also reportedly granted bail in cases filed over the violence related to the quota protests. Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh secretary general Mia Golam Parwar, Bangladesh Jatiya Party chairman Andaleev Rahman Partha, and Gono Adhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur have also reportedly been granted bail.