Dhaka, May 8 -- The High Court has begun reading its verdict in the case over the 2001 bomb attack on the Chhayanaut Bengali New Year event at Dhaka's Ramna Batamul.

The bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter began reading the verdict at 11:30am on Thursday.

On Feb 18, the High Court had kept the case curia advisari vult - meaning under consideration - after hearing the death references and appeals from the suspects following the trial court's verdict.

Then, on Apr 30, the case came up on the court's cause list and Thursday was set as the date for the verdict.

Militants conducted a bomb attack on the Pohela Boishakh event put on by cultural institution Chhayanaut at Dhaka's Ramna Batamul in 2001, killing 10 peo...