Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of the Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka set the date after granting a time petition filed by Khaleda’s lawyers.
Former Prime Minister Khaleda is the prime accused in the case. She has been in jail since February 8 last year after being convicted in separate corruption cases.
Khaleda was produced before the court from the Old Dhaka Jail around 12:45pm and taken back to the jail around 1:05pm.
Khaleda’s lawyer Masum Ahmed Talukdar filed the time petition, saying they were unable to take part in the hearing as they were yet to get necessary papers and documents of the case.
Earlier on February 7, the prosecution concluded the charge-framing hearing while the court set February 27 for staring the defence hearing in the case.
On November 25 last, the High Court directed the trial court to conclude the trial proceedings in the case within six months.
On September 2, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against two Gatco directors, Khaleda and others.
They were accused of causing a loss of Tk 1,000 crore to the state by awarding the contract of container handling at the Chittagong port and Dhaka's Inland Container Depot to Gatco.
The ACC pressed charges on May 13 the following year against 24 people, including nine former ministers and state ministers of Khaleda's cabinet. Six of the accused have so far died.