A Dhaka court on Tuesday set December 3 for holding a hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and nine others.
Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 fixed the date as the defence lawyers pleaded for time on Khaleda Zia's poor health ground.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 26, 2008, filed the graft case against Khaleda and 15 others with Shahbagh police station.
They were accused of causing a loss of around Tk 159 crore to the state exchequer by awarding a contract for operations of the Barapukuria coal mine to a Chinese company through abuse of power.
ACC deputy director Md Abul Kashem Fokir on October 5, 2008, submitted a charge sheet in the case.
