BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury today got bail in two more cases filed over political violence centring the BNP rally in Dhaka on October 28 last year
A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting law enforcers in the capital on October 28 last year
A Dhaka court today set July 13 for hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and six others
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Defence lawyer Advocate Zaynal Abedin Meshbah today represented Khaleda in the court in her absence.
During today s hearing, Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder cited different flawed points brought against Khaleda in the first information report (FIR) of the case.
As the defence could not complete the hearing on charge framing, the judge set March 18 for next hearing in the case.
Khaleda Zia, who is now out of jail following an executive order from the government, is unwell and cannot leave home due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to the defence lawyers.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case in December 2007, accusing Khaleda and several others of abusing power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko when she was prime minister between 2001 and 2006.