Dhaka, April 13 -- A quarter-century after the deadly 2001 bomb attack on Chhayanaut's Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Ramna Botomul, the verdict in the case filed under the Explosives Substances Act remains elusive.

Legal stakeholders are unable to provide a definitive timeline for the conclusion of the trial, which has been stalled at the self-defence testimony stage for over three years.

Four years ago, the case was at the argument stage in the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1.

It was transferred to the Dhaka Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1 on Jul 28, 2022, and subsequently moved to Metropolitan Special Tribunal-15 on Jan 3, 2023.

Since then, the trial has made little progress.

The latest hearing, scheduled for Mar 31 for the recordi...