The BNP chief does not fit either of the two criteria outlined for the Division status, he had said. The comments by Iftekhar Uddin came at a time when BNP stalwarts criticised a three-day delay in providing privileged treatment for the party chief. A Dhaka Special Judge’s Court sentenced the 72-year-old politician to five years in prison for corruption in the Zia Orphanage Trust last Thursday. The BNP complained the next day, as a former head of government the party chief has not received Division status, which was confirmed by the prisons chief on Sunday. On Sunday, Khaleda’s counsels moved a petition with Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 seeking special privileges.

Source: bd News24 February 11, 2018 13:52 UTC