Bangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for elections

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections. The South Asian country has been under a government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a students-led mass uprising in August last year. Zia, Hasina’s archrival, and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party have been pushing Yunu’s government to hold a national election in December to return the country to democratic rule. Zia suffers from various serious health conditions, and she has not attended public gatherings for many years.