HC refuses to hear Khaleda’s bail plea

A bench of the High Court (HC) has refused to hear a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court. The HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin told Khaleda’s lawyers that a senior HC bench earlier rejected a similar bail petition on