Dhaka, July 27 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that had dismissed the defamation case filed against Chief Adviser Dr Yunus in Mymensingh.

The three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury passed the order after rejecting the leave-to-appeal petition filed by the High Court.

The defamation case against Dr Yunus, the then managing director of Grameen Bank, was filed with Mymensingh court in 2010.

In 2011, Dr Yunus filed a petition with the High Court seeking cancellation of the case.

On October 24, last year, the High Court scrapped the case activities.

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