Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country to seek medical treatment in the United States, a day after her release from jail on parole.
Airport officials in the capital, Dhaka, say Ms. Hasina boarded a commercial flight bound for the United States on Thursday. The former prime minister is to undergo treatment for hearing damage she suffered during a 2004 assassination attempt.
Bangladesh's caretaker government ordered Ms. Hasina's release from prison for eight weeks Wednesday after nearly a year in detention on corruption charges. Prosecutors say she will still be tried in absentia.
Ms. Hasina's release comes as the government attempts to end a stalemate between her Awami League party and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party ahead of planned elections in December.
Zahurul Alam has more on the story.
Airport officials in the capital, Dhaka, say Ms. Hasina boarded a commercial flight bound for the United States on Thursday. The former prime minister is to undergo treatment for hearing damage she suffered during a 2004 assassination attempt.
Bangladesh's caretaker government ordered Ms. Hasina's release from prison for eight weeks Wednesday after nearly a year in detention on corruption charges. Prosecutors say she will still be tried in absentia.
Ms. Hasina's release comes as the government attempts to end a stalemate between her Awami League party and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party ahead of planned elections in December.
Zahurul Alam has more on the story.