Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 65 other party leaders have been acquitted in a case filed over a crude bomb explosion during political unrest in Dhaka.Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order on Thursday, accepting the police's final report, said Additional Public Prosecutor Md Rafiqul Islam Khan.

Those acquitted include BNP Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury; Vice Chairmen Shamsuzzaman Dudu and Barkat Ullah Bulu; former home minister Altaf Hossain; Joint Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon; BNP chairperson's adviser Zainul Abedin; BNP leader Ishraque Hossain; and International Affa...