Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
's arrest warrants would remain in force and refused to even entertain her petitions for withdrawing the orders.
Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar had issued the warrant for Khaleda's arrest on February 25 as she had skipped several court dates. He said yesterday she had become a runaway for not having turned up at court to surrender.
A former prime minister, Khaleda Zia is on trial for corruption in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust at Special Judge's Court 3 in Dhaka.
The court fixed April 5 for the next date of hearing.
The arrest warrants, however, had not reached Gulshan cop shoppe as of yesterday.
As for the three-time premier, she did not step out of her office. Khaleda's lawyers had said she might indeed surrender to the court only if she were given adequate security and allowed to return to her office where she has been living for two months now.
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...
is also on trial at the same court and the judge had also ordered his lawyers to produce Tarique at the court. Tarique has been living in London since 2008 after being released on parole.