Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
, her daughter-in-law and two granddaughters to appear before the court on April 12 in connection with Dandy Dyeing loan default case.
Judge (acting) Ruksana Parvin Happy of Dhaka Artha Rin Adalat 1 (money loan court) passed the order on Sunday afternoon following a summon petition filed by Sonali Bank lawyer Hosne Ara Begum.
The court also fixed April 12 for framing issue and hearing of the case.
On March 16, the BNP chief along with her daughter-in-law Sharmila Rahman and granddaughters -- Jahiya Rahman and Jafiya Rahman were made defendants in the case filed against the directors of Dandy Dyeing Ltd for defaulting on a loan of Tk45.49 crore.
Following Koko's death in Malaysia on January 24, Sonali Bank's Senior Executive Officer Nazrul Islam filed the petition before the court on March 8 as per order 22 and rule 4 of Code of Civil Procedure (CPC).
The other defendants in the case are Dandy Dyeing Directors 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...
-- Khaleda's eldest son; Giasuddin Al Mamun and his wife Shahina Begum; Nasrin Iskander -- wife of Khaleda's brother late Sayeed Iskander -- and their sons Shams Iskander and Shafin Iskander and daughter Sumaiya Iskander; Gazi Galib Abdus Sattar, Shamsun Nahar and Masud Hassan.
According to the case statement, the defendants on February 24, 1993, applied to Sonali Bank for a Tk13.14 crore loan in favour of Dandy Dyeing. On May 9, the same year, the bank approved the loan.
The governing body of the bank on October 16, 2001 waived the loan interests following an application by the defendants, and later the loan was rescheduled.
On October 2, 2012, Sonali Bank filed the case as the defendants failed to repay the loan, though the bank issued a final notice on February 28, 2010, asking them to repay the loan.