SC restarts Bangabandhu case

The Supreme Court Tuesday revived Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case proceedings, after a freeze of five years. The Appellate Division has started hearing a series of appeals for permission to move against the High Court's death sentences handed down in 2001 in the landmark case. An Appellate Division bench of Justice Tafazzal Islam, Justice Joynal Abedin and Justice Md Hasan Amin has been assigned to hear the appeals.