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    Dhaka court sentences former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to five years on corruption charges

     Correction — April 5, 2018 This article describes Judge Akhteruzzaman’s court as a “high court”, but sources do not support this characterization of the court.  Saturday, February 10, 2018 On Thursday, Dhaka high court sentenced former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to a five year prison term for corruption. Her son Tarique Rahman and four others involved in the case were each sentenced to ten years. Zia was prosecuted for embezzling ?21 million (about US$250 thousand) from foreign donations to an orphanage while she was prime minister. 72-year-old Zia, who became the first female to head the Bangladeshi government in 1991, was sent to jail minutes after the ruling. Her son Tarique Rahman,…