, Nov. 17 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the verdict delivered against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks 'the burial of all forms of dictatorship' in Bangladesh.

"We believe that today's verdict is not just a judgment on Sheikh Hasina's crimes, but a burial of all forms of dictatorship on the soil of this country," he wrote in a post on his verified Facebook page, reacting to the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1).

ICT verdict to uphold fair trial with international standards, hopes Fakhrul

Earlier in the day, the tribunal convicted Sheikh Hasina and two others in a case related to crimes against humanity committed during last year's July-August uprising, in which more t...