Former B'desh PM Khaleda Zia booked for sedition
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia was on Monday charged with sedition for her alleged "slanderous comments" regarding the martyrs of the 1971 liberation war. The court has summoned her to appear before it by March 3. Speaking in a discussion in December last year, Khalida Zia had "expressed doubts" over the casualty figures of the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.