The government files two separate petitions with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two separate defamation cases lodged in Narail and Dhaka.

The High Court grants a six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail for making derogatory remarks on martyrs of the Liberation War and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.