Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country would hold the trial of main opposition leader Khaleda Zia one day for unleashing terrorism in the name of movement.
Speaking at a public rally in Faridpur, Hasina said that Zia would be charged with issuing orders for killing and burning people to death.
She added that Zia's trial would be held on Bangladesh's soil, Dawn News reports.
According to the report, Hasina was addressing the rally as part of the first leg of her electioneering for the Jan 5 polls in favour of party candidate Kazi Zafarullah.
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