BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia was released from Dhaka Central Jail on bail this evening.

Rafiqul was sent to jail after he surrendered to a Dhaka court on May 16 in connection with 13 violence cases.

He was then shown arrested in 14 other similar cases, his lawyer Raghib Rauf Chowdhury told The Daily Star.

The BNP leader got bail on the cases from the High Court and local court, he added.