Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia to undergo medical treatment in London

Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairwoman Khaleda Zia (AM Ahad/AP)

Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia was travelling to London on Tuesday for medical treatment, her aides said.

It leaves a nation grappling with uncertainty over its political future after her arch rival, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in August.