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| Khaleda, Hasina charged with Niko graft |
| 2008-05-01 |
| The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the charge sheets in two graft cases against detained former premiers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia and 18 others for awarding gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko Resources through corruption and abuse of power. Of the 18 other accused, eight have been indicted in the charge sheets while 10 were named in the first information reports (FIR) of the cases. Former secretary of External Resources Division Dr AKM Moshiur Rahman and former director of Petrobangla (mines and mineral and operation) Sayed Anwarul Haque have been made accused in the case filed against Hasina besides those already named in the case's FIR. |
| Posted by:Fred |