A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed March 1 to hold a hearing on charge framing in the Niko graft case against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia.
Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman passed the order at a temporary courtroom of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9 at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
Appearing on behalf of Khaleda Zia, lawyer AJ Mohammad Ali sought time for submitting some necessary documents. As the hearing did not end, the court re-fixed the date.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against five including Begum Khaleda Zia at Tejgaon police station on December 9, 2007 for abusing power in signing a deal with the Canadian company Niko for exploring and extracting gas.
The ACC on May 5, 2008 pressed charges against 11 people including Khaleda Zia.
The commission accused them of causing a loss of more than Tk13,000 crore to the state exchequer through that deal.
