BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Thursday to attend hearings in two graft cases of Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust.
Khaleda’s lawyer Md Sanaullah Miah confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday.
Earlier, the BNP chief appeared before the special court set up at Bakshibazar in the capital in connection with the graft cases on May 25.
Later, the court fixed June 18 for the next hearing in the graft cases.
On May 5, Dhaka’s Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar fixed May 25 for the next hearing in the graft cases and asked Khaleda to be present during the hearing.
On that day, Khaleda's counsel Masud Ahmed Talukder assured the court that the BNP chief will appear before the court on the fixed date.
The trial of the corruption cases against Khaleda and eight other accused began on September 22 last year.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed one of the graft cases against Khaleda and five others for embezzling over Tk2.1 crore by forming a “fake” Zia Orphanage Trust that existed only on paper.
The other accused are Khaleda’s son Tarique Rahman, Ziaur Rahman’s nephew Mominur Rahman, Khaleda’s former principal secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, former BNP lawmaker Kazi Salimul Haque Kamal and businessman Sharfuddin Ahmed.
The other case was filed by the anti-graft body in 2011 for abusing power in setting up the Zia Charitable Trust, accusing Khaleda, her former political secretary Harris Chowdhury, his assistant private secretary Ziaul Islam Munna, and former Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka’s assistant personal secretary and Monirul Islam Khan.
