Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers. Zahiruddin Swapan, an adviser to Zia, told The Associated Press by phone that the three-time former premier and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party left Hazrat

Ailing former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia has flown to London for long-sought medical treatment, a party spokesman said, months after a student-led revolution ousted a government that had prevented her from travelling abroad.

Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left for London to seek medical treatment, one of her advisers said on Tuesday. The three-time former premier and head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has ailments including liver cirrhosis,