Ramna blast verdict likely before Pahela Baishakh

The verdict of Ramna Batamul blast cases of 2001 is expected before Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, about 13 years after the carnage that left 10 people dead and scores of others injured, reports BSS.

"The nation will celebrate the upcoming Bengali New Year with much more festivity as the verdict of Ramna Batamul blast cases will be delivered before Pahela Baishakh this year," Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Mohammad Abdullah Abu told the news agency Sunday.

"Arguments on different legal points are going on and some more days would be needed to complete those and after that the verdict will be handed down," he said.