UNB, Dhaka

Hearing on framing charges in an extortion case against ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was adjourned on Wednesday till December 31 as the defense counsel sought time to receive material documents of the case.
As the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions court resumes this morning, the state prosecution proposed for framing charges against Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and cousin Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim in the extortion case of Tk 3 crore filed by a private power company chief executive Azam J Chowdhury. [Read more]