A bus caught fire in the capital's Mohammadpur area. According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, the fire broke out due to a mechanical fault on Tuesday night (September 15).

The Fire Service reported that upon receiving news of the fire, a unit from the Basila Fire Station rushed to the scene and successfully brought the fire under full control.

No casualties were reported in this incident, and the overall situation in the area is currently normal.

Meanwhile, on the same night, a cocktail explosion occurred near Jagannath Hall at Dhaka University (DU) at around 10:45 PM. No casualties were reported immediately following the incident.

The explosion triggered panic in the area. Law enforcement personnel arrived at the scene upon receiving the information and brought the situation under control.

Earlier on Tuesday, around 1:15 PM, another cocktail exploded in front of the Chief Justice's entrance at the Supreme Court.

However, police personnel on duty at the spot could not immediately identify who had hurled the cocktail and fled.

Shortly before that, around 12:15 PM on Tuesday, International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced seven defendants from the banned Awami League and its affiliated organizations to death in a case concerning crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising.

The three-member judicial panel headed by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury delivered the verdict.

The convicts sentenced to death are the general secretary of the banned Awami League Obaidul Quader, joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former state minister for information Mohammad Ali Arafat, Jubo League president Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, as well as banned Chhatra League president Saddam Hossain and general secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan.

Arguments in the case concluded on August 18, after which the tribunal kept the case awaiting judgment.

Subsequently, September 15 was scheduled for pronouncing the verdict after fixing the date on September 14.

According to sources related to the case, all seven convicts sentenced to death are currently fugitives.