Khaleda Zia Corruption Case

Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.

The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...

A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.

Bangladesh's High Court deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court today rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's plea to stop the trial proceedings against her in a 2007 corruption case that reportedly caused the exchequer more than $120 million.

The hearing on Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia's petitions seeking a change of judge and stay on the arrest warrant against her in two graft cases involving over USD 650,000 was deferred today by a week.

Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia went on trial on Monday charged with embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases that could see her jailed for life if found guilty.

A former Bangladeshi prime minister and other leading opposition figures were indicted in two related corruption cases on Wednesday that could further complicate the country's tense political situation.

Arafat Rahman Koko, the fugitive younger son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was today sentenced to six years imprisonment by a special court for siphoning off over USD 2.66 million as bribes from two foreign companies.Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Court ruled that Koko was guilty of money laundering more than Taka...

Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.

The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...

A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.

Bangladesh's High Court deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court today rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's plea to stop the trial proceedings against her in a 2007 corruption case that reportedly caused the exchequer more than $120 million.

The hearing on Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia's petitions seeking a change of judge and stay on the arrest warrant against her in two graft cases involving over USD 650,000 was deferred today by a week.

Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia went on trial on Monday charged with embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases that could see her jailed for life if found guilty.

A former Bangladeshi prime minister and other leading opposition figures were indicted in two related corruption cases on Wednesday that could further complicate the country's tense political situation.

Arafat Rahman Koko, the fugitive younger son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was today sentenced to six years imprisonment by a special court for siphoning off over USD 2.66 million as bribes from two foreign companies.Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Court ruled that Koko was guilty of money laundering more than Taka...