DHAKA: A defamation case was filed against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court.

AB Siddique, president of Jananetri Parishad, a front organization of ruling Awami League, filed the lawsuit for Tarique’s remark on Awami League and Sheikh Hasina.

The hearing of the case would be held in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Erfan Ullah at noon.

Earlier on August, Tarique Rahman termed Awami League as a ‘black sheep’ party while addressing a professionals’ meeting titled ‘Strategy for Prosperous Bangladesh’ in East London’s Queen Mary University.

BDST: 1100 HRS, SEP 08, 2014