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Khaleda's coal mine graft case hearing on May 29 |
 Khaleda's coal mine graft case hearing on May 29 A court in Dhaka on Monday set May 29 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. The date was announced by Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2, as the defence lawyers pleaded for time on Begum Zia's poor health ground, reports UNB. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 26, 2008, filed the graft case against Khaleda Zia and 16 others with Shahbagh Police Station.  ACC deputy director Md Abul Kashem Fokir on October 5, 2008, filed a charge-sheet in the case. They were accused of causing a loss of around Taka 159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding a contract for operation of Barapukuria Coalmine to a Chinese company through abuse of power. TF |
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