Khaleda Zia in murder probe

A court in Bangladesh has told police to investigate whether former prime minister Khaleda Zia should face murder charges over a 2004 grenade attack.

Twenty-seven others, including her son Tareque Rahman and senior members of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party, are also under investigation.


At least 20 people died in the attack on the Awami League rally in Dhaka. Its leader Sheikh Hasina was injured. Ms Zia, who was in power at the time, denied she had tried to kill her rival.

News via BBC