Moudud, who is also one of the lawyers for Khaleda, wants the party to get her released from prison through protests. The High Court granted her a four-month interim bail on Mar 12, but the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court blocked it on Mar 19. Two days after the BNP appointed British lawyer Lord Alexander Charles Carlile as a consultant in the case, Moudud expressed his frustration over Khaleda’s bail at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday. He said the Supreme Court verdict separating the judiciary from the executive lost effectiveness after the government issued the gazette clarifying the service rules for the lower court judges. “So we will continue the legal battle and we will also have to be out on the streets.

Source: bd News24 March 22, 2018 19:07 UTC