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Bangladesh Files Corruption Cases Against Hasina, Her Family, UK Minister
Bangladesh's anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday.
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Bangladesh: Ousted PM Hasina's Son Denies Graft Allegations In Rooppur Nuclear Project
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and adviser on Tuesday described allegations of corruption involving the family in the 2015 awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract as "completely bogus" and a "smear campaign".
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Bangladesh High Court Acquits Ex-PM Khaleda Zia In Corruption Case
Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports.
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Bangladesh Interim Leader Muhammad Yunus Freed In Corruption Case: Report
Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, three days after he took oath as the head of Bangladesh's interim government, according to a media report.
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Ex-PM, Nobel Winner, Student Leader: Key Faces In New Bangladesh Government
Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.
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Arrest Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha In Fraud Case
Surendra Kumar Sinha, who lives in the US, has been described as a "fugitive" by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its chargesheet.
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Bangladesh Top Court Rejects Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Bail Plea In Graft Case
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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"Our Cases Different": Banned Former Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful On Shakib Al Hasan
Mohammad Ashraful was banned for five years after a match-fixing scandal in the Bangladesh Premier League in 2013.
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"How Will Legal NRC Process Deal With 19 Lakh Non-Citizens": P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail in a corruption case, on Monday asked the Centre how it will deal with 19 lakh people being declared non-citizens after assuring Bangladesh the NRC process will not affect that country.
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Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
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Fresh Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia After Graft Case Bail
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.
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Bangladesh High Court Defers Judgement On Khaleda Zia's Bail Petition
Bangladesh's High Court deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
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Bangladesh Top Court Clears Way For Khaleda Zia's Trial In 2007 Corruption Case
Bangladesh's Supreme Court today rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's plea to stop the trial proceedings against her in a 2007 corruption case that reportedly caused the exchequer more than $120 million.
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Bangladesh Files Corruption Cases Against Hasina, Her Family, UK Minister
Bangladesh's anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday.
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Bangladesh: Ousted PM Hasina's Son Denies Graft Allegations In Rooppur Nuclear Project
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and adviser on Tuesday described allegations of corruption involving the family in the 2015 awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract as "completely bogus" and a "smear campaign".
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Bangladesh High Court Acquits Ex-PM Khaleda Zia In Corruption Case
Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports.
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Bangladesh Interim Leader Muhammad Yunus Freed In Corruption Case: Report
Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, three days after he took oath as the head of Bangladesh's interim government, according to a media report.
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Ex-PM, Nobel Winner, Student Leader: Key Faces In New Bangladesh Government
Bangladesh Protest: A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.
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Arrest Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha In Fraud Case
Surendra Kumar Sinha, who lives in the US, has been described as a "fugitive" by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its chargesheet.
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Bangladesh Top Court Rejects Ex-PM Khaleda Zia's Bail Plea In Graft Case
The Bangladesh Supreme Court today dismissed a bail plea filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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"Our Cases Different": Banned Former Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful On Shakib Al Hasan
Mohammad Ashraful was banned for five years after a match-fixing scandal in the Bangladesh Premier League in 2013.
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"How Will Legal NRC Process Deal With 19 Lakh Non-Citizens": P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail in a corruption case, on Monday asked the Centre how it will deal with 19 lakh people being declared non-citizens after assuring Bangladesh the NRC process will not affect that country.
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Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
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Fresh Warrant Against Ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia After Graft Case Bail
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was today granted bail in a corruption case but her plans to walk free were thwarted as a fresh warrant was issued against her in another case.
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Bangladesh High Court Defers Judgement On Khaleda Zia's Bail Petition
Bangladesh's High Court deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her.
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Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
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Bangladesh Top Court Clears Way For Khaleda Zia's Trial In 2007 Corruption Case
Bangladesh's Supreme Court today rejected former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's plea to stop the trial proceedings against her in a 2007 corruption case that reportedly caused the exchequer more than $120 million.
