The court has fixed July 23 for the next hearing in two graft cases – Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust cases.
Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order in the presence of Khaleda on Thursday.
The BNP chief appeared before the court at Bakshibazar around 10:30am amid tight security.
In the court, the defence lawyer partly questioned Khaleda Zia.
Meanwhile, Khaleda’s lawayer Md Sanaullah Khan filed the petition to bring the witness before the court.
The court fixed July 23 in response to two separate petitions filed by the defence in the morning seeking adjournment of the graft cases.
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 24, Dhaka’s Third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar fixed June 18 for the next hearing in the graft cases and asked Khaleda to be present during the hearing.
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.
