DHAKA: Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia will contest the national election if it is held in Dec, her party BNP said on Wednesday. Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus is likely to share a “specific election roadmap” in a televised speech on Aug 5.The election is pending since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina govt last year following a “mass uprising” in Aug. Her Awami League party has been banned from contesting the election, which, sources said, gives Bangladesh Nationalist Party a good chance of winning the poll and Zia becoming the PM. “She will contest the poll from Feni. She is now in good health,” BNP vice chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo said. “If the election is held within Dec, we would see Khaleda Zia contest it. She will win the election.” In May, Zia returned to Dhaka after four months of medical treatment in London.
