Nine checkpoints and 26 mobile teams deployed to prevent unrest before today’s verdict

Chattogram Metropolitan Sadar Circle Land Office was also set on fire; no casualties reported

A prison van escorted by police entered the tribunal premises around 9:00am

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to deliver its verdict today

In a separate incident, man killed 10 days after being released from prison

The tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, is still reading the final part of the 453-page judgement

Jahid, accused in 10 cases, has been absconding since the incident

At least five people were killed and around 12 injured after a bus rear ended a dump truck on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway and plunged into a roadside ditch in Sitakunda upazila yesterday evening.

As arson and crude bomb attacks continued till last night, security has been tightened across the capital and elsewhere in the country, ahead of the International Crimes Tribunal’s verdict in a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina today.

This will be the tribunal's first verdict on the atrocities committed during the uprising.

18 receiving treatment at Bhanga Upazila Health Complex

No injuries reported

Move comes ahead of national election in February

Ward leader was hacked and shot in Chandraganj

The small, concealable weapons are particularly popular among teen gangs

Duo sent to court, case filed

Order follows recent directive in Chattogram

They gathered to mobilise for a protest scheduled for tomorrow

Charges proven beyond doubt, says prosecution

The injured man was on his way to office when the blast occurred