UNB, Dhaka

Former Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, now abroad on parole, Tuesday secured bail from the High Court in an extortion case in the last-ditch effort for her release.
Responding to a petition, a vacation bench of the High Court comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman granted her ad-interim bail for three months.
The HC also stayed the trial proceedings of the case, filed by businessman Azam J Chowdhury, up to one week after the reopening of the court. [Read more]