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MNA Editorial Desk: The High Court (HC) on Thursday scrapped the acquittal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman from a money laundering case and sentenced him to seven years of imprisonment along with Tk. 200 million fines. The bench of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Amir Hossain gave its decision on Thursday on an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission. During the appeal that began on May 25, there was no lawyer to represent Tarique, the son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, as he has been absconding. In October 2009, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Tarique ...

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