Dhaka, May 13 -- Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, on Tuesday submitted an appeal with the High Court (HC) against her three-year jail sentence in a graft case. The bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman accepted the petition for hearing and condoned a 587-day delay in filing the appeal. Advocate Zainul Abedin and Kayser Kamal stood for Zubaida while Asif Hasan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) during the hearing in the court. On August 2 in 2023, a Dhaka court sentenced Tarique to nine years in prison and Zubaida to three years in case over amassing assets through illegal means and concealing the information. On September 22 last year, the Security Services Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs...
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