Bdnews24.com, Dhaka

Prison authorities failed to produce detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia in court yesterday for a hearing in the Niko graft case against her.
Seven other accused in the case were taken to the Dhaka special court sited on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban complex, which set the next hearing date for June 1.
State counsel Mosharraf Hossain Kajal told reporters Khaleda Zia was not produced to the court due to illness. Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Miah said, however: “It is unclear to us why she was not produced in the court. “We know she is doing fine. [Read more]