Niko graft case indictment hearing Feb 17

 

Niko graft case indictment hearing Feb 1

Niko graft case indictment hearing Feb 17

A court in Dhaka on Monday set February 17 for indictment hearing of the Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. Judge Md Aminul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court set the date after accepting Khaleda’s non-appearance petition for today on health grounds. The petition was filed by her counsels Advocate Sanaullah Miah and Syed Joynul Abedin Mejbah. The Anti-Corruption Commission lodged the case in December 2007, accusing Khaleda and others of abusing power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko when she was the prime minister from 2001 to 2006. The High Court on June 18 this year rejected a petition filed by Khaleda challenging the legality of the case proceedings. It also ordered her to surrender before the trial court within two months. Khaleda on November 30 surrendered to court and was granted bail in the case.

Khaleda sued for sedition over remarks on '71 martyrs

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BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sued for sedition over her ‘insulting’ remarks on the three million martyrs in the country's Liberation War of 1971. Advocate Moshiur Malik, founding president of Bangabandhu Foundation, filed the complaint with Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Sunday morning under the Section no 123 (A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Judge Atikur Rahman of the court said an order on the acceptance would be issued later in the day

Khaleda in court on seven days in three cases

Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared in court on seven days in the current year in three cases—Zia Orphanage Trust case, Zia Charitable Trust case and Niko graft case--filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). She appeared in the Third Special Judge’s Court set up on the Alia Madrasa ground at Baksibazar in the city on six days out of 28 days fixed by the court in the Zia Orphanage Trust case and Zia Charitable Trust Case and on one day in the Special Judge’s Court-9 in the city in the Niko graft case. A court also issued an arrest warrant against her on February 25 last for failing to appear in the court. Later on her surrender before the court on April 5 last and on her prayer for bail the court granted her the bail. Now she is on bail in all three cases. She appeared in court in the Zia Orphanage Trust case and Zia Charitable Trust case on April 5, May 25, June 18, July 23, August 3 and September 10 and in the Niko graft case on November 30. The trial in the Zia Orphanage Trust case and Zia Charitable Trust case is being held against nine persons including Khaleda Zia in the third Special Judge’s Court in Dhaka. Of them, hearing from the witnesses in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case is nearing the end. Of the 36 witnesses, 31 have submitted their deposition. 30 have been cross-examined. At present the investigation officer of the case is giving his deposition. The next hearing will be held on December 31.