The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Detained Awami League leader and former Home Minister Mohammad Nasim was released on bail on Saturday afternoon.

The High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court granted him the bail on August 6 for four months.

Mohammad Nasim was arrested in a corruption case on February 4 last year. Later when Nasim fell sick, he was admitted to the city's LabAid Hospital.

The AL leader will be in the LabAid hospital until he is shifted to a Singapore hospital for improved treatment, his family sources said.

Meanwhile, Nasim has been jailed for 13 years in a corruption case.