Khaleda Zia gets permanent bail in graft charges
9 Aug 2017 4:50 PM GMT
The High Court on Wednesday granted permanent bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case involving embezzlement of 21 million Bangladeshi Taka.
The graft case was filed in 2008. The Anti-Corruption Commission case accused Khaleda, her son Tarique Rahman and four others in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order today after holding the final hearing on a ruling issued by the High Court in 2008, The Daily Star reported.Khaleda, accused in 37 cases, is now on bail in all the cases, said Advocate Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, a lawyer to the BNP chief. The court in 2008 issued a rule asking the government to explain why the BNP chief should not be granted regular bail in the case.
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