2 get life term, others 10 years 

The High Court has commuted death penalty of Maulana Tajuddin and  Juwel to life term imprisonment in the case lodged over the 2001 Ramna Batamul bomb attack.

The court has also commuted the sentences of the least nine convicts to 10-year imprisonment and fined Tk 50,000 each.

Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter passed the order on Tuesday.

On April 14 in 2001, two bombs went off during 1408 Pahela Baishakh celebrations organised by Chhayanaut at the capital's Ramna Batamul.

The bomb blasts, which shook the nation, left 10 people dead and several others injured.

Police, however, filed two separate cases, one for murder and another under the Explosives Substances Act, with the Ramna Police Station on the same day.

On June 23 in 2014, a Dhaka court announced the verdict in connection with the murder case.