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Ershad goes home a free man

bdnews24.com

Type: NEWS_REPORT
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Published: 17 Jan 2007
Accessed: 17 Aug 2026
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Report that the court treated Ershad's Japanese boat-purchase sentence as fully served after the appeal-stage outcome.

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Sentence treated as served in full
Japanese boat-purchase case outcome
Election disqualification lifted

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Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Former Chief of Army Staff · Bangladesh · 1978-2019

A central military and political figure in Bangladesh from the late 1970s through 2019, documented as the leader of the 1982 takeover, president during 1983-1990, and founder of Jatiya Party.

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