Court asks for report on Khaleda’s atheist remark by June 18

A Dhaka court yesterday gave police one more month to submit a probe report against BNP chief Khaleda Zia in a case filed for branding the Awami League as a party of atheists.

Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin fixed June 18 as Shahbagh police failed to submit the report on the day.

According to the complainant, Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad President AB Siddique, Khaleda on October 14 last year made “false” remarks saying “secularism is Awami League’s mask and that it is a party of atheists.”