Khaleda to appear before court Tuesday

Khaleda Zia Star Online Report

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Tuesday in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, her counsel confirms.
Earlier on five consecutive dates, Khaleda did not appear before the court on different reasons.
Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder, one of her counsels, told The Daily Star that the BNP chairperson will appear before the Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court at 1:00pm Tuesday, where the Zia Charitable Trust graft case is now pending.
The court on Tuesday is scheduled to deliver an order on whether it would accept charges against Khaleda and three others in the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission, on August 8 last year, filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station, accusing the four for abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
The other accused were Harris Chowdhury, Khaleda's former political secretary; Ziaul Islam Munna, assistant private secretary (APS) of Harris; and Monirul Islam Khan, APS of former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
Harris has been on the run, since the case was filed.
Khaleda on February 2 secured permanent bail in the case.
The order, earlier on August 5, was deferred for the fifth time on security grounds.
On July 1, the postponement came on the grounds of Khaleda being busy in distributing relief in Chittagong.
On May 31, the delivery of the order was deferred on the grounds of Khaleda being preoccupied with budget session of the parliament.
As her party enforced a hartal on April 29, the court had to defer its session for her security concern on that day.
On March 18, the deferment came on the grounds of her preoccupation with the party's organisational activities.