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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government will examine the tax files of Honorable BNP chief Khaleda Zia to match her wealth statement which she submitted to the Election Commission before couple of years ago.

In her winding up speech at the parliament on Thursday, Honorable the prime minister commented on opposition Khaleda used to live a extravagant life in Bangladesh and laundered money while she was in power. She, however, offered no proof in support of the money laundering charge.

"The finance minister is here. I will ask him to examine her tax file to see if that match the wealth statement (of Khaleda Zia) submitted during the caretaker government time."

Honorable Prime Minister Hasina has already given a detailed account of the former prime ministers personal belongings found at the cantonment house.

She said Khaleda, after the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, gave a TV interview in which she claimed her husband only left a torn T-shirt and she used to make pants for her children out of Zia's pants.

The prime minister said Khaleda's cantonment house had 45 rooms, 12 bathrooms and four kitchens. It contained 64 air conditioners, 20 television sets (including LCD sets) 17 fridges and freezers, 10 heaters, 71 sofa sets and 7,200 square feet of carpets.

She said the opposition leader took away the items from the house.

But there are other items left in the house, Hasina said. Those include: aluminum glass and sliding doors, grill, commodes, basins, mirrors, wall racks, netted grills, door frames, shower cases, water tanks and others.

"My question is: whether the items belonged to her? If yes, where did she get the money to buy all these?"

"It is unfortunate for the people that she used to lead such a lavish life in the country and sent money abroad," said Hasina.

"People want to know how she earned so much money," said the prime minister.

She said Khaleda pledged to return her cantonment home in return for the Gulshan house given to her.

A joking Hasina said that former president Ershad was moved by Khaleda's dire economic condition after her husband's death and gave her a huge house inside the Dhaka Cantonment.