During Sheikh Hasina's tenure, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was sentenced to 17 years in prison on charges of corruption in two separate cases.

An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is running the country following the ousting of Sheikh Hasina in August.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia departed for the UK on her first foreign trip since 2017, seeking advanced medical treatment, according to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Thousands of supporters lined the streets to bid farewell, causing hours-long traffic jams on the route to Dhaka airport.

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was admitted to a specialised hospital in London on Wednesday for advanced treatment, her party said.

Bangladesh's ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia flew to London on a special royal air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar on Tuesday for medical treatment.

It is her first trip abroad since being released from house arrest last year after facing several corruption charges

Khaleda Zia left behind a South Asian nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in August. Zia and Hasina are the most influential political leaders in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital on Tuesday for medical treatment in London, according to one of her advisers. The 79-year-old left behind a South Asian nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her archrival,

Zia was freed from jail a day after former PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League's (AL) 16-year regime in August.

Ailing former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia has flown to London for long-sought medical treatment, a party spokesman said, months after a student-led revolution ousted a government that had prevented her from travelling abroad.