Dhaka, July 7 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has held a hearing to decide whether to frame charges against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and ex-inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun in a case over alleged crimes against humanity committed to quell the July Uprising.

The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder has scheduled Thursday for its decision on the matter.

If the court decides to frame charges, this will mark the start of the first trial against Hasina for crimes against humanity in the very court her government had established in 2010 to try war criminals from the 1971 Liberation War.

State-appointed lawyer Amir Hossain represente...