The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Brushing aside a government plea, the Supreme Court Thursday upheld High Court orders granting bails to Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko, the two sons of detained ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in three extortion cases.

The apex court asked the government to file separate applications for leave to appeal against the High Court edicts.

Despite the highest court's orders, the brother duo will not get freedom from prison as they have been shown arrested in other criminal offences.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court turned down government plea for stay to file a leave-to-appeal petition against the High Court judgement that declared illegal a tax- evasion case by NBR against ex-State Minister for Power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.