Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will be held either in December or in the first half of 2026.

The Bangladesh Supreme Court acquitted former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, overturning a High Court sentence. The Appellate Division found the case motivated by revenge, clearing Zia and other suspects of all charges related to the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

Bangladesh's interim government should hold general elections by August in the "greater interest of the country," the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said on Tuesday, citing growing political and economic instability.

Aides to Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia say she is leaving for London for medical treatment, leaving behind a nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her archrival,

Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's BNP demands that the general election be held by mid-2025, rejecting the interim government's plan to hold it by the end of 2025 or mid-2026. BNP criticizes the interim government's economic policies and opposes local government elections before parliamentary polls.