Highlights 1 Former Bangladesh PM allegedly celebrated fake birthday on August 152 A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against her in a case3 August 15 marks assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur RahmanA Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia in a case over celebrating allegedly her "fake" birthday on August 15. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mazharul Islam passed the order today, after the complainant submitted a petition before it for issuing an arrest warrant against her. AN INSULT TO MUJIBUR RAHMANAccording to the case statement, Zia has been intentionally celebrating her alleged fake birthday since August 15, 1996. The celebration of a fake birthday on August 15 was an insult to Bangabandhu, who was assassinated on August 15 in 1975, the case statement read. But Zia did not appear before the court despite reminders, which allowed the court to issue a warrant against her.

Source: India Today November 17, 2016 12:44 UTC