Khaleda returns home


Khaleda: Her physical presence in the country has huge symbolic value for her party while Hasina is in exile in India. — AP

Ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.

The South Asian country has been under a government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a students-led mass uprising in August last year.

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