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Bangladesh

8 more murder cases filed against Hasina, aides

2024-08-26

Don’t forget to add mopery and dopery on the spaceways — that one’s always good for an extra seven years, even without a shutter gun and matching rounds of bullet.

[NewAgeBD] At least ten more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated...
and her aides on Sunday, taking the number of cases filed against her to 66 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.

Hasina is accused in 56 murder cases, seven cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, one case of shooting at students and public, one case of abduction, and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson ~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
...Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, Pak foil, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
The first murder case was filed against the fallen prime minister on August 13, more than a week after she had resigned and fled to India.

On Sunday, a murder case was filed against Hasina and 48 others for killing Sheikh Ashabul Yeamin, a student of Military Institute of Science and Technology, on July 18 during the movement of the Student Movement Agaisnt Discrimination platform.

Victim's uncle Abdullah-Al Kabir filed an application with the Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Saiful Islam's court appealing to lodge a murder case against the 49 accused.

Accepting the plea, the court ordered the Savar Model police to record the statement of the plaintiff and register the complaint as a First Information Report.

Awami League general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, among others, were made accused in the case.

According to the case statement, Yeamin, a student of MIST, was shot from an armoured car while he was attending a peaceful protest rally on July 18.

On the same day, a case was filed against 25 people, including Sheikh Hasina, over the killing of auto-rickshaw driver Babu Mollah in the capital during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

Masud Rana, brother in-law of victim Babu Mollah, filed the complaint with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, asked the Hatirjheel police to accept the matter as First Information Report.

The other prominent accused in the case include Asaduzzaman Khan, Mohammad A Arafat and Jahangir Kabir Nanak.

According to the case documents, Babu Mollah and Masud Rana went for Jumma prayers on July 19 and when they were returning home after the prayers, the police opened fire on them, killing Babu on the spot.

A case was filed against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court for killing online news portal Dhaka Times journalist Mehedi Hasan near Kazla Toll Plaza on the Mayor Hanif flyover in Jatrabari during quota protests on July 18.

Rizia Begum, 36, filed the case with the court over the death of her nephew.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain asked the Jatrabari police to record the complaint as First Information Report.

Two other cases were also filed with the same magistrate court, in one of which Babul Mia, 42, filed a case against Hasina and 26 others over killing Jisan in Matuail on July 20.

On Sunday, yet another case was filed against Hasina and 27 others over the killing of Md Eusuf Sanowar, a seller of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh products, in the capital during recent student movement on July 20.

Mamunur Rashid, brother-in-law of victim Md Eusuf Sanowar, filed the complaint with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain. The court after recording statement of the complainant, asked the Jatrabari police to accept the matter as FIR.

Obaidul Quader and former law minister Anisul Huq were among other accused in the case.

A case was filed against 13 people, including Sheikh Hasina and erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles director general Aziz Ahmed, over killing BDR Mutiny accused and the force's former deputy assistant director Abdur Rahim in jail custody.

Abdur Rahim's son advocate Abdul Aziz filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Akteruzzaman.

A murder case was filed against Hasina and 21 others also on Sunday with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court for killing Jasim Uddin, 35, on July 18 in the capital's Uttara.

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Bangladesh

Tarique Rahman acquitted in sedition case

2024-08-22

[DHAKATRIBUNE]

Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
, acting chairman of BNP has been acquitted by a Noakhali court in a sedition case filed with the court.

Noakhali Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Noman Mohi Uddin passed the order on Wednesday.

Court inspector Md Shah Alam confirmed the matter.

He said that the judge has ordered the officer-in-charge (OC) of Char Jabbar cop shoppe to send back the arrest warrant sent in the name of Tarique Rahman in this case.

Earlier on last Sunday afternoon, BNP leaders and activists of Subarnochar held a procession with brooms and shoes against the plaintiff advocate Omar Faruk to withdraw the false case against Tarique Rahman.

It is reported that in December 2014, Tarique Rahman made a speech about former Prime Minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated...
's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at an event in London.

Subsequently, on February 28, 2015, Advocate Omar Faruk, President of the Subornachar Upazila Awami League and Chairman of Char Jabbar Union, filed a case against Tarique Rahman at the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.

The court instructed Char Jabbar Police Station to take legal action.

On April 4, 2017, Sub-Inspector (SI) Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan of the cop shoppe submitted the charge sheet to the court.

The court then issued an arrest warrant for Tarique Rahman in this case.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral, death toll reaches at least 105

2024-07-21

[NY Post] Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital, Dhaka, on Saturday during a curfew meant to quell deadly student-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 105 people this week.

A suspension on internet and text message services has remained in place since Thursday, cutting off Bangladesh from the world as police cracked down on protests that have continued despite a ban on public gatherings.

Overseas telephone calls mostly failed to connect, while the websites of Bangladesh-based media organizations did not update, and their social media handles remained inactive.

In addition to the deaths, the clashes have injured thousands, according to data from hospitals across Bangladesh. The Dhaka Medical College Hospital received 27 dead bodies between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday.

For five days, police have fired tear gas and hurled sound grenades to scatter protesters as demonstrators clashed with security personnel, throwing bricks and igniting vehicles.

The demonstrations — the biggest since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was re-elected for a fourth successive term this year — have also been fuelled by high unemployment among young people, who make up nearly a fifth of the South Asian nation’s 170 million people.

With the death toll climbing and police unable to contain the protests, Hasina’s government imposed the national curfew and deployed the military.

The curfew was eased for two hours from noon on Saturday to allow people to shop for supplies and complete other chores, television channels reported.

It will last until 10 a.m. on Sunday, when the government will assess the situation and decide the next course of action, the reports added.

Those venturing out on the streets had their identification cards inspected by army personnel at different check points, TV footage showed.

The nationwide unrest broke out over student anger against the controversial quotas for government jobs, including 30% for the families of those who fought for independence from Pakistan.

Hasina’s government had scrapped the quota system in 2018, but a court reinstated it last month.

The state appealed against the reinstatement and the Supreme Court suspended it for a month, pending a hearing on Aug. 7.

In the central Dhaka district of Narsingdi, protesters stormed a jail on Friday and freed over 850 inmates before setting fire to the facility, TV channels reported, citing police. Scattered incidents of arson were also reported on Saturday.

Hasina dropped plans to leave on Sunday for visits to Spain and Brazil due to the protests, the AFP news agency reported, citing her press secretary.

Many opposition party leaders, activists and student protesters had been arrested, said Tarique Rahman, the exiled acting chairman of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Police arrested Nahid Islam, a leading coordinator of the students’ agitation, at 2 a.m. on Saturday, the protesters said in a text message.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh Opposition Leader Gets Life over 2004 Attack

2018-10-11

[An Nahar] A Bangladesh court Wednesday sentenced a top opposition leader to life in prison and sentenced 19 more people to death over a 2004 grenade attack on the current prime minister.

"We thank God for the verdict," prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain told news hounds after announcing that Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
, the self-exiled acting head of the country's main opposition party, was jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
for life while 19 others, including two former ministers, received the death penalty
.

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Bangladesh

Is Sheikh Hasina turning Bangladesh into a one-party state?

2018-04-05

[Al Jazeera] The controversial jailing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
and the state persecution of dissent have raised fears that the next parliamentary election could turn into a violent sham.

Fear of a 2014 repeat, when the parliamentary elections were boycotted by almost all the opposition parties and marred by large-scale violence and killings, runs high in Bangladesh as the ruling Awami League (AL) government faces allegations of a concerted persecution of its opponents.

While activists and political workers opposed to the government live under an increasing threat of being jugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
or worse, there is widespread concern, even among the common people, over what lies ahead in an election year.

Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh are due by December.

Nadia Tabassum Khan, an employee of a multinational company in Dhaka, told Al Jazeera that the Awami League has suppressed all dissent to such an extent that she doesn't think "anyone would dare to protest against them".

Hasan Habib is the owner of a real estate company based in Dhaka. He says "the enmities between the two leading political parties" have made the voting process "a nearly impossible task".

Enforced disappearance
Since the controversial imprisonment of Bangladesh's opposition leader and two-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia last month, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the government of Prime Minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina

...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
to reject allegations of turning into an authoritarian regime.

Zia was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years on February 8 for embezzling 21 million takas ($253,000) in foreign donations meant for a charity named after former President Ziaur Rahman, Zia's husband. Her elder son and heir apparent, Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
, and four others were also sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Nearly a month later Zia was granted bail. However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
the country's Supreme Court stayed the bail within a week "without assigning any reason", effectively putting the 72-year-old leader in jail till May 8, when the next hearing on her bail application is expected to be held.

The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of the former prime minister, which Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called the Hasina government's conspiracy to keep the opposition party out of politics, led to widespread violence in cities across Bangladesh, with BNP supporters clashing with police and ruling party members.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh court grants bail to former PM Khaleda Zia

2018-03-14

[DAWN] Bangladesh’s High Court on Monday granted bail for four months to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was placed in durance vile
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
for five years on a corruption conviction and is awaiting an appeal.

Despite the decision, it was not immediately clear if or when Zia would be freed from jail.

Mahbubey Alam, the country’s attorney general, said after Monday’s ruling that a move against the bail order would be made in the High Court on Tuesday.

Lawyers said a two-member panel of judges considered the 72-year-old Zia’s age and health condition in granting the bail. Zia has had various health complications in the past.

A court convicted Zia on Feb 8 on charges of misusing her power and embezzling about $250,000. The conviction means that Zia, the arch rival of Prime Minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina

...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
, can be barred from running in December elections.

The court also sentenced Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
, and four others to 10 years in prison for involvement in the case. Rahman lives in London and was tried in absentia.

Bangladesh law says anyone imprisoned for more than two years cannot run for office for the next five years, but Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the final decision rests with the higher courts. Zia faces more than 30 other charges, ranging from corruption to sedition.

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‘Kuwait made donations to the trust to preserve Zia’s memories’

2018-01-05

[Dhaka Tribune] A counsel for BNP Chairperson

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
has handed over the copy of a letter to a Dhaka court that he had received from Kuwaiti foreign ministry in 2016 regarding the donation made to Zia Orphanage Trust.

Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali delivered the document on Thursday while placing his closing argument in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 5 in the capital’s Bakshibazar area.

As Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the makeshift court asked him whether the fund was deposited to the trust, to which Ali responded he had written to the Kuwaiti foreign ministry asking it to give him details about the grants provided and information related to it.

The ministry, in its reply, informed him that the then Kuwaiti Emir made a donation for the trust, and also to help preserve the memories of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, the lawyer said.

In the letter, the ministry wrote that the trust was a private one and that the fund was sent to the trust through a Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
n bank, he further said, adding, the copy of the letter was notarised in Dhaka.

Ali, the third defence lawyer to place closing argument, alleged that the case docket was prepared on fabricated and false information.

He also said the prosecution failed to produce any document related to the fund carrying Khaleda’s signature, before the court.

After the seventh day of closing argument by the defence, the court adjourned the hearing in the case till January 10 after Ali presented his argument between 11:55am and 3:10pm.

Earlier in the day, Khaleda appeared before the court around 11:50am, amid tight security.

The Anti-Corruption Commission had filed the case on July 3, 2008, accusing Khaleda, her son Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
, and four others of embezzling more than Tk 2.1 crore through forming the trust.

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Bangla Bhai’s deputy Khamaru arrested again

2016-09-27

[Dhaka Tribune] Executed JMB leader Bangla Bhai's second-in-command Mahtab Khamaru, who was blessed by top BNP leader Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
a decade ago, have been placed in durance vile
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
again, for the fourth time since 2005

Khamaru was arrested from Hamirkutsa area of Baghmara Upazila around 11:30am Monday allegedly for regrouping the organization. He hails from Talghoria village of Hamirkutsa Union.

He was shown arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act and produced before a district court, Baghmara OC Selim Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune’s Abdullah Al Dulal. "The court has sent him to jail. We will seek his remand later."

Khamaru is accused in several cases filed with Baghmara police for murder, torture, abduction and extortion in the area in 2004.

From March 31 to May 24 that year, Shayakh Abdur Rahman’s JMB and its associate organization Jagrata Moslem Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) ‐ under the leadership of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai ‐ carried out series of attacks on members of the Awami League and outlawed leftist groups with the blessings of the then BNP-Jamaat government. At least 24 people were killed and several hundreds injured in the attacks conducted in broad daylight.

Acting as a regional commander of the JMB, Khamaru even took part in an armed procession of the outfit in Rajshahi town in 2004.

"Police are investigating one of those cases while the others are under trial," the OC said.

After the two outfits were banned on February 23, 2005, RAB arrested Khamaru on November 27. But he was released soon after then prime minister

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
’s son Tarique phoned state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar for his release, according to a US embassy cable released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

Tarique was acting at the behest of then state minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu, the cable says. Several other ministers and local politicians supported Bangla Bhai at that time.

JMB leader Khamaru was later arrested twice ‐ on March 9, 2007 and July 23, 2012, but managed to come out of jail on bail. In 2012, he was shown arrested in a case filed for abduction and torture of one Amir Ali of Baghmara in 2004. He went into hiding after getting bail.

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Boycott Zia family, Hasan Mahmud to BNP leaders

2016-01-27

[Dhaka Tribune] Ruling Awami League's Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud called upon the big shots of the BNP to boycott party chief

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
and her son Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
in the upcoming national council.

The BNP has decided to hold its long overdue national council by March to revamp its rank and file.

Referring to Khaleda Zia's recent remarks over the number of Liberation War deaders, the publicity and publication affairs secretary of the Awami League said: "The BNP leaders, who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War, should boycott the members of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman in the upcoming national council for the unacceptable remarks of Khaleda Zia."

Hasan Mahmud made the call while addressing a discussion meeting arranged by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote at Shilpakala Academy on Sunday.

he said: "The destructive political practice of BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman, senior vice-chairman of the party, has split the party.

"Not only the big shots but Khaleda's relatives also started boycotting her."

On January 21, AKM Mohiuddin Majumder Shamu, son of Khaleda's cousin Azharul Haq Majumder, along with nearly 100 BNP leaders and activists joined the Awami League.

The former minister urged the BNP chief to practice constructive and peaceful politics, shunning the path of violence.

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Arrest warrant against BNP heir Tareque Rahman

2015-11-11

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a sedition case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lutfor Rahman Shishir issued the warrant after hearing of the case.

Bangabandhu Foundation President Moshiur Malek filed the case on October 19, 2014. In the case, Malek said Tarique had described his father Ziaur Rahman as the first president of Bangladesh in a programme in London on September 29. Malek maintained the claim was 'false and intentional'.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's son Tarique also called the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'Pakbandhu (a friend of Pakistan)'.

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2 more testify against Khaleda in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

2015-09-18

[Dhaka Tribune] Two more prosecution witnesses gave deposition yesterday against BNP Chairperson

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
and two others in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

The two witnesses are Amir Uddin and Paritush Chandra Dey, Sonali Bank's assistant general manager and senior executive manager respectively, who were both previously officers at the bank's Prime Minister's Office branch.

With yesterday's proceedings, the court has so far recorded depositions of 10 witnesses.

After recording the witness depositions, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge Court 3 adjourned the trial proceedings until October 15 in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust cases. He fixed the date following time petitions from Khaleda's counsel.

Two separate defence petitions were also filed explaining Khaleda's non-appearance at the court, mentioning that the BNP chief was ill and had gone abroad for treatment.

Both the cases are being tried by the same court in the makeshift courtroom at Central Jail Parade Ground amid tight security.

On July 3, 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against six, including Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
.

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Khaleda leaves for London

2015-09-16

[Dhaka Tribune] BNP Chairperson

~~the loathesome~~ Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
left Dhaka for London yesterday for treatment.

An Emirates Airlines flight carrying Khaleda left Shahjalal airport at 9:30pm while hundreds of leaders waved their hands outside the airport, said Shamsuddin Didar, an official of Khaleda's press wing.

Khaleda was accompanied by her younger brother Shamim Eskander and his wife Kaniz Fatema; her Personal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar and house maid Fatema Akhter.

This is Khaleda's second visit to the UK after 2006. She is likely to spend Eid-ul-Adha with her family members in London.

Khaleda's elder son Tarique Rahman
...the elder son of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nickname is Pino. There are allegations that Pino took a rakeoff from every foreign investment into the country while Mom was in office...
has now been living in London with his family members since 2007. He is facing a number of graft and criminal cases.

Khaleda and Tarique met last year when she went to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
for Umrah.

This will be their first meeting since Khaleda's younger son Arafat Rahman Coco died of cardiac arrest in January this year.

Khaleda was supposed to meet Tarique in Saudi Arabia for Umrah during the last Ramadan but the reunion fell through as she had cancelled the visit in the last moment.

A number of BNP leaders said Coco's wife Sharmila Rahman Sithi and her two daughters Jahiya Rahman and Jaisa Rahman were likely to fly to London from Thailand to spend the Eid together.

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