Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the process to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's sentences in two graft cases is underway. “We’ve received an application and it has been sent to the Law Ministry following the procedure, and now the process is underway as per the Law Ministry’s opinion,” he said while speaking at the Secretariat. On September 12, Law Minister Anisul Huq said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia must return to jail for submitting a fresh application to seek permission to go abroad for treatment. Read:Khaleda must return to jail for seeking permission to go abroad: Law Minister Talking to UNB, Anisul also said his ministry has already given an opinion for extending further by six months the suspension of Khaleda’s jail sentences following an application submitted by her family to the government. “There’s no scope to reconsider the application seeking permission to send Khaleda Zia abroad under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). She has to go back to jail and then submit a fresh application if she wants to go abroad for treatment,” the minister said. He, however, said it does not mean that the application will be approved once Khaleda submits it to the government. “It depends on the government's wishes.” Meanwhile, the family of Khaleda Zia recently submitted an application to the Home Ministry seeking further extension of her conditional release and allowing her to go abroad for receiving advanced treatment. Read:Khaleda’s family seeks permission again to send her abroad The Home Ministry sent the application to the Law Ministry a few days back seeking its legal opinion. The Law Ministry gave its opinion on September 7 and sent it back to the Home Ministry which is supposed to be sent to the Prime Minister’s Office for approval.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s conditional release from jail in two corruption cases has been extended by another six months.

BNP on Monday demanded immediate withdrawal of the government’s ban on its ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia from going aboard for the sake of ensuring her rights to receiving  advance medical treatment as per her choice.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a petition with the High Court (HC) seeking cancellation of bail granted to former Awami League MP AKM Awal and his wife Lyla Parveen in graft cases.

The Law Ministry on Thursday gave its opinion for extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sentences in two graft cases for six months more based on some conditions.

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule seeking explanation why the stand release of Pirojpur district judge should not be declared illegal.

A day after his bail in corruption cases, former Awami League MP from Pirojpur-1 constituency AKM Awal on Wednesday brought corruption allegations against Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim.

As the war against corruption in Bangladesh has failed to achieve any success yet, the country witnessed some unusual graft cases that raised the eyebrows of all in 2019.