Submit formal charges against Alim by Mar 15

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday asked the prosecution to submit formal charges against former BNP lawmaker Abdul Alim by March 15 in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.
The tribunal passed the order after prosecutor Syed Haider Ali told the court that the ICT had received the investigation report against Alim earlier in the morning.
The prosecution will prepare the formal charges based on the investigation report.
The tribunal also extended Alim's bail till March 15.
Alim was arrested on March 27 last year in Joypurhat. The tribunal granted him bail on several conditions four days after his arrest.
The court asked Alim, member of late president Ziaur Rahman's cabinet, to appear before it on March 15.
Chief Investigator Abdul Hannan Khan on Sunday told The Daily Star that Alim's involvement in 17 incidents of crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation had been found.
His crimes include genocide, murder, rape, looting, arson, forcing people to leave the country and abduction, said Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan, chief of the investigation agency.
Alim was active in greater Bogra district during the War of Liberation, Hannan added.