Bangladesh court awards 5-year jail term to ex-PM Khaleda Zia in corruption case; nation on high alert

Amidst the high alert in Bangladesh, The former Prime Minister and opposition leader Zia has been convicted in a politically sensitive corruption case. The former Prime Minister has been sentenced to five-year jail term from a court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. According to reports, Zia is involved in embezzling $248,154 from an orphanage built during her last premiership in 2001-2006. Zia's elder son is also involved in the scam. The punishment for a conviction is life in prison. The situation in the capital is tense with the police patrolling across the country. Ahead of the verdict, hundreds of its supporters have been also arrested.