Dhaka, March 22 -- The Chief Metropolitan Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with a case filed for making a "defamatory statement" on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Khaleda Zia is now in the prison after she was convicted on February 8, last year in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. She was also convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
After taking cognizance of the charge, Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziaur Rahman passed the order and directed the Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan Police Station to submit report on the execution of the arrest warrant by April 17.
Earlier on June 30 last year, Inspector Zafar Ali Biswas of Shahbagh Police Station submitted a probe ...