PCA verdict this month

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague in Netherlands is likely to give its verdict within this month over the Bangladesh-India maritime boundary dispute.
Secretary (Maritime Affairs Unit at the Foreign Ministry) Khurshed Alam said the specific date of the announcement of verdict was not fixed yet.
"But the proceedings of the case have been prepared and it was set that the verdict will be announced in June 2014," he told UNB Wednesday.
Alam, who is dealing with the maritime boundary issue for last few years, informed that the Court is yet to inform Bangladesh about the date of announcement of its verdict.
Bangladesh and neighbouring India have been locked in the maritime boundary disputes over 10 gas blocks in the Bay of Bengal. Both the nations have been claiming the area as their own.
Against the Indian claim, Bangladesh lodged its own claim with the UNCLOS in 2009 and the final hearing of the both sides took place in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague in Netherlands in December last year.