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Imprisoned Khaleda not allowed to meet relatives: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the party's imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia was not being allowed to meet her relatives, political colleagues and lawyers for nearly last 11 days.