The court on June 12 issued summonses upon Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and nine directors of the daily to appear before the court today in person.

Court sources said they are likely to appear before the court if the summonses are served.

Abdul Mannan, deputy registrar (current charge) of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSCF), filed the case under section 36 (5) of the Companies Act 1994.

According to the complaint, the accused were directors of Daily Dinkal Publications Limited, registered with the RJSCF, and did not submit service return for several years.

The nine others are Tarique's business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun, Sheikh Razzak Ali, barrister Nazmul Huda, Maj (retd) MA Mannan, Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, Fazlul Azim, Ali Asgar Lobi, Rokonuddin Molla and AKM Mosharraf Hossain.

Of them, Tarique, Mamun, Huda, Manjurul, Lobi and Mosharraf were arrested earlier and they are now in different jails.

The two other accused of the case barristers Nurul Amin Talukder and Abdus Salam Talukder have died already.