Salma has yet to get accustomed to the fact that something bad could happen to her son Ratan.

The political parties of the country tend to not desert their rowdy activists rather they are largely depended on them, which is a major obstacle to the nurturing of a fair political culture, observed the High Court in a verdict yesterday.

The High Court is set to deliver today its verdict on the death reference and appeals in the case filed in connection with the assassination of Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master in Tongi in May 2004.