Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant against Khaleda Zia

A court here Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, scrapping her bail in two cases filed by the country's anti-graft body.

Dhaka's Third Metropolitan Special Judges Court scrapped bails for the former prime minister after she failed to appear for a hearing of the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases Wednesday, bdnews24.com reported.