Khaleda's graft case verdict

Published: 2018-02-08 22:13:51.0 BdST Updated: 2018-02-08 22:13:51.0 BdST

A special court hands down a five-year prison term to BNP chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia for embezzling Tk 21 million of foreign donation received for the Zia Orphanage Trust.

  • BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Gulshan home on Thursday morning to face the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at the special tribunal at Bakshibazar in the capital.

  • BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Gulshan home on Thursday morning to face the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at the special tribunal at Bakshibazar in the capital. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Gulshan home on Thursday morning to face the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at the special tribunal at Bakshibazar in the capital. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Gulshan home on Thursday morning to face the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at the special tribunal at Bakshibazar in the capital. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • BNP activists and leaders join the procession as their party chief heads for special tribunal in Bakhshibazar for the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case ‎on Thursday.

  • BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves Gulshan home on Thursday morning to face the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case at the special tribunal at Bakshibazar in the capital.

  • BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with two standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on their way to the special tribal at Bakhshibazar ‎where the judge handed down a five-year prison term to Khaleda Zia for embezzling foreign fund meant for Zia Orphanage Trust. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with two standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on their way to the special tribal at Bakhshibazar ‎where the judge handed down a five-year prison term to Khaleda Zia for embezzling foreign fund meant for Zia Orphanage Trust. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP activists and leaders join the procession as their party chief heads for special tribunal in Bakhshibazar for the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case ‎on Thursday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • BNP activists and leaders join the procession as their party chief heads for special tribunal in Bakhshibazar for the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case ‎on Thursday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • BNP activists and leaders join the procession as their party chief heads for special tribunal in Bakhshibazar for the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case ‎on Thursday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

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