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MNA National Desk: The High Court has granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust corruption cases. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim on Wednesday passed the order after final hearing on the rule issued by the court in 2008 granting anticipatory bail to Khaleda in the graft case. The court also said if Khaleda misuses the bail, the trial court concerned may scrap her bail. The ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on July 3, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda, her ...

MNA National Desk: The High Court on Thursday rejected BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition seeking an order for re-investigation in Zia Orphanage Trust case. The bench of justice M Enayetur Rahim and justice Shahidul Karim passed the order after a hearing on the petition. On 7 February, Khaleda Zia filed a petition before the court seeking reinvestigation into the case. Earlier, on Wednesday, the HC ordered the transfer of the case of Zia Orphanage Trust graft to Dhaka Senior Special The ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on 3 July, 2008 with Ramna Police Station accusing Khaleda Zia, ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will certainly be punished in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case if the court is convinced. Criticising BNP’s threat not to allow holding the election if Khaleda Zia is punished in the Zia Orphanage Trust case, the Prime Minister said, ‘They (BNP) won’t allow the election just to save a thief. What type of attitude is this?’ She also questioned, ‘Why the BNP leader is afraid of facing the court if she had not been involved in any corruption. She has repeatedly been ...

MNA National Desk: A special court on Thursday deferred the hearing on Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage corruption cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until 26 February. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge Court-3 approved the order at Bakshibazar’s makeshift court in response to a time petition filed by Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia. Earlier on 9 February, a special court fixed 16 February for hearing on the two graft cases against Khaleda. The court on February 2 dismissed the petition. Later, she moved for the High Court to transfer the case from the special court. The ACC ...

MNA National Desk: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has pleaded in High Court to change the trial court for the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case citing lack of confidence in the judge. A joint bench of justice Ruhul Quddus and justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty set 13 February for the hearing of the plea. Her counsel Mahbub Uddin Khokon submitted the documents on Wednesday to Supreme Court’s concerned wings. The Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases are being tried in the court of Dhaka’s Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar. The court is now hearing Khaleda’s statement defending herself over ...

MNA National Desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today appeared before a special court in Dhaka for hearing in the graft cases of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage. The court is hearing both the Zia Charitable Trust and the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases. Khaleda had begun her defence testimony in the Zia Charitable Trust at a hearing on Dec 1. She reached the makeshift court of Abu Ahmed Jomadar of Special Judge’s Court-3 in Bakshibazar around 11:40am. According to the charge sheet of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, Khaleda and three others abused their power to collect Tk ...

MNA National Desk: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a Dhaka court on Thursday in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. The court fixed January 26 for holding next hearings on two corruption cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The BNP chief appeared before the court of judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3, set up on the playground of Govenment Alia Madrasah in the capital’s Bakshibazar, around 10:45am. The court fixed the date for hearing of the case after Khaleda’s time petition before it seeking adjournment. On January 5, Judge Md Abu Ahmed Jamadar ...

MNA National Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday has adjourned till January 12 hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft and Zia Orphanage Trust cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Khaleda Zia has appeared before a special court on Thursday in corruption cases. She went to Bakhshibazar makeshift court around 11:30am. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 fixed the date in response to a time petition filed by Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia. In 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against six including Khaleda and her son Tarique Rahman. It alleged that the ...