Dhaka, March 12 -- A Dhaka court has set Mar 19 for the verdict in the loan embezzlement case involving the Hall-Mark Group after hearing the testimony of two additional witnesses and completing the arguments of both sides.

Dhaka Special Judge's Court-1 Judge Abul Kashem fixed the date for the verdict in the Anti-Corruption Commission's case against Hall-Mark's Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud, his wife and company chair Jasmine Islam, and 18 other individuals on Tuesday.

Earlier, on Jan 28, the judge had set the date for the verdict on Feb 28. But ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Ali Salam then petitioned for the testimonies of the two magistrates who took confessional statements to be presented to the court. The petition was granted by the judge....