Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on 10 April in connection with 11 cases, including the sedition one filed for her remarks about the number of martyrs during the War of Liberation in 1971.

Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after hearing a time petition filed by Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia.

Khaleda Zia skipped the trial proceedings of the 11 cases today due to her health problem, said her counsel.

Earlier, on 14 March, the same court fixed today for the hearing.

Of the 11 cases, eight were filed with Darus Salam and two others with Jatrabari police stations in connection with arson attacks on vehicles in 2015 while the other was filed with a Dhaka court on sedition charge for her remarks on the number of Liberation War martyrs.