Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The International Crimes Tribunal is to set a date for the verdict in a crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the suppression of the July Uprising on Thursday.

A three-member bench of the ICT-1 led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder will set the date.

The other two justices in the case are Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

Justice Mozumder set the verdict as pending after Attorney General Asaduzzaman completed his closing statement for the prosecution on Oct 23.

Alongside Hasina, the accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. Mamun has confessed his guilt and turned ...