HC verdict on Khaleda\\\'s plea on Apr 5

The High Court (HC) has rescheduled the date for verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's petition seeking the scrapping of the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case to April 5, bdnews24.com reports.

On Sunday, the bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan fixed the date on Khaleda's plea.

Khaleda's lawyer Mahbub Uddin Khokon, a secretary contender of the Supreme Court Bar Council's executive committee, was busy with the poll that started at 10:00 am on Sunday.

Khokon is also the joint secretary general of BNP. Khaleda's lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali and Barrister Mohammad Badruddoza Badal said Khokon was the filing lawyer of the case and asked for more time after explaining his pre-occupation with the election.