The Law Ministry on Wednesday recommended for extending BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension period by another six months. The recommendation was resent to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Law Minister Anisul Huq told UNB on Wednesday. Read: Petition for extending Khaleda’s sentences suspension sent to Law Ministry: Home Minister Anisul Huq said Khaleda’s sentence suspension period was extended by another six months under the previous conditions (not allowed to go abroad and to undergo medical treatment in the country). “Everything is as before, nothing new has been added,” he added. Earlier in the day, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the petition seeking extension of Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension was sent to the Law Ministry for scrutinizing.

The petition seeking extension  of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension  has been sent to the Law Ministry for scrutinising, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. “We have got an application from the family of Khaleda and we have sent it to the Law Ministry,” he said. Read:Slashing VAT, taxes on essential commodities during Ramadan under consideration: Home Minister The home minister came up with the information while talking to reporters after a meeting on law and order situation on the occasion of Independence Day at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Meanwhile, Law Minister Anisul Haque said Khaleda’s petition has arrived in the ministry. “We will send the petition to the Home Ministry with our observation and the Home ministry will give its opinion on it.” On February 8, 2018, Khaleda was sent to the Old Dhaka Central Jail after a subordinate court sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The High Court later doubled her jail term. The former prime minister was found guilty in another corruption case the same year. Her party claims both cases are politically motivated.