Dhaka, May 12 -- Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation and former senior vice-president of the district Awami League, has been denied bail.

At the same time, the court has ordered that she be granted division in jail.

The decision was issued on Monday afternoon by Senior Judicial Magistrate Shamsur Rahman in Narayanganj, according to her lawyer SM Siddiqur Rahman.

He said, "We informed the court that Ivy is a clean and honest politician. She served three terms as mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation and was a municipality chairman. Her arrest has tarnished the government's reputation."

Another defence lawyer, Mahbubur Rahman Masum, added that after the court rejected the bail petition, they requested the cour...