Bangladesh court grants bail to opposition leader Zia: lawyer
She was sentenced to five years in jail in February in a graft case
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Dhaka: Bangladesh's highest court on Wednesday ordered opposition leader Khaleda Zia released on bail after her lawyers argued she was unwell.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court upheld another court's decision to grant her bail on a graft case in which she was sentenced to five years in jail in February, her lawyer Joynal Abedin told AFP.
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