BANGLADESH NEWS
A Dhaka court on Thursday for the third time deferred the date for passing an order on whether it would accept the charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
The court will now give the decision on this matter on July 1.
Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Senior Special Judges' Court in Dhaka passed the order following a time petition of the defence counsel.
In the petition, Taherul Islam Towhid, a counsel for Khaleda, told the court that his client could not appear before the court as she was busy with budget session of the Parliament.
The court also extended the bail term of two other accused -- Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary (APS) of Khaleda's former political secretary Harris Chowdhury, and Monirul Islam Khan, APS of former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka -- till July 1, the next date of the case.
Harris, another accused in the case, is on the run.
The same court on April 29 deferred the date for passing the order till today.
Khaleda on February 2 secured permanent bail in the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on August 8 last year filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against Khaleda and the three others, accusing them of abusing power in raising funds from unknown sources in the name of the Zia Charitable Trust.
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