BNP leader Mirza Abbas was released on bail from jail yesterday. He was freed from the prison cell of Birdem hospital around 7:00pm, said Senior Jail Super Jahangir Kabir of Dhaka Central Jail.

The Supreme Court on March 31 upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to the BNP leader in a graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission for irregularities in allocating plots. On March 6, 2014, the ACC filed the case with Shahbagh police over corruption in plot allocation among journalists when Mirza Abbas was the housing and public works minister.