Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed July 12 for hearing in the case filed in connection with Dandy Dyeing loan default amounting to Tk 45,59,37,295.
Judge Fatema Ferdous of Dhaka’s Money Loan Court-1 passed the order after hearing on a petition, submitted on behalf of the defendants, including
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Earlier, on May 15, the court fixed June 19 to record the depositions of the witnesses. On April 3, the court started recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case.
Other 16 defendants of the case are- BNP’s Senior Vice-Chairman Tareque Rahman, his maternal uncle late Sayeed Eskander’s sons Shams Eskander and Safeen Eskander, daughter Sumaiya Eskander and wife Nasreen Ahmed, businessman Gias Uddin Al Mamun, Mamun’s wife Shaheena Yasmin, Kazi Galeeb Ahmed, Mrs Shamsunnahar and Masud Hasan.
After the death of Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Koko in a hospital of Malaysia, on January 24, last year, his mother Khaleda Zia, his wife Sharmila Rahman, and two daughters Zafia Rahman and Zahia Rahman have been made defendants that raised the number of defendants to 16.
Dandy Dyeing took a loan of Tk 13.14 crore from the Sonali Bank on May 9, 1993. The bank waived interests upon an application of the defendants on October 16, 2001. On October 2, 2012, the bank filed the case against Tareque Rahman, late Koko and others as they failed to repay the loan. On October 3, last year, the court appointed Advocate Abus Salam to mediate in the case, but the attempt faild.
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed July 12 for hearing in the case filed in connection with Dandy Dyeing loan default amounting to Tk 45,59,37,295.
Judge Fatema Ferdous of Dhaka’s Money Loan Court-1 passed the order after hearing on a petition, submitted on behalf of the defendants, including
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Earlier, on May 15, the court fixed June 19 to record the depositions of the witnesses. On April 3, the court started recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case.
Other 16 defendants of the case are- BNP’s Senior Vice-Chairman Tareque Rahman, his maternal uncle late Sayeed Eskander’s sons Shams Eskander and Safeen Eskander, daughter Sumaiya Eskander and wife Nasreen Ahmed, businessman Gias Uddin Al Mamun, Mamun’s wife Shaheena Yasmin, Kazi Galeeb Ahmed, Mrs Shamsunnahar and Masud Hasan.
After the death of Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Koko in a hospital of Malaysia, on January 24, last year, his mother Khaleda Zia, his wife Sharmila Rahman, and two daughters Zafia Rahman and Zahia Rahman have been made defendants that raised the number of defendants to 16.
Dandy Dyeing took a loan of Tk 13.14 crore from the Sonali Bank on May 9, 1993. The bank waived interests upon an application of the defendants on October 16, 2001. On October 2, 2012, the bank filed the case against Tareque Rahman, late Koko and others as they failed to repay the loan. On October 3, last year, the court appointed Advocate Abus Salam to mediate in the case, but the attempt faild.
