August 21 grenade attack
More attacks may happen
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday cautioned people about a repeat of carnage like that of August 15, 1975, as those who don’t like the country’s development would not sit idle.
A dark day in our history
We must never allow a recurrence of the August 21 tragedy
An eyewitness revisits gruesome grenade attack after 18 years
Today marks the 18th year of the heinous grenade blasts in Awami League's rally, which took 24 lives including prominent politician Ivy Rahman.
“BNP brought in Dalim, Rashid to plot Aug 21 attack”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that the August 21 grenade attack was carried out under direct patronage of the then BNP-Jamaat government to kill her and wipe out the top leadership of Awami League 18 years ago.
August 21 grenade attack: Living itself is now an ordeal
Even though 18 years have passed, Mahbuba Parvin is still unable to put herself back together after the trauma she faced in the August 21 grenade attacks on a rally by the Awami League.
Perpetrators of Aug 21 grenade attack will be punished: PM
Accusing the past BNP-Jamaat government and Begum Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman of perpetrating the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asserts that punishment would be inflicted to those responsible for the heinous attack.
Aug 21 Grenade Attack Cases / HC accepts convicts’ appeals for hearing
The High Court accepts for hearing forty four appeals filed by the convicted accused of the August 21 grenade attack cases.
Verdict in Aug 21 Cases: BNP reacts to observations
Court's observations in the August 21 grenade attack case verdicts “exactly reflect the ruling Awami League's political speeches”, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
Cops locate Harris among 8 fugitives of Aug 21 grenade attack
Eighteen of the 49 accused in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases are still at large and police have been able to know whereabouts of eight of them.
From the archives: Ivy Rahman, a strong voice silenced forever
Ivy Rahman, one of the strongest voices for democracy and women’s rights the nation heard till today, was silenced forever in the carnage on August 21, 2004.
Aug 21 Attack: How powerful were the grenades
According to the charge sheet of the case Huji leader Tajuddin, leader of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) supplied 15 grenades. Among the bombs, 14 were thrown at the AL rally on Aug 21, 2004. 3 were found unexploded and another one was found near the old central jail in Dhaka.
From the archives: Joj Mia drama - ‘The real deal'
In a mockery to justice, the then ruling BNP-led alliance government in 2004 hurriedly concluded the investigation into the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue, claiming that it was orchestrated by none other than AL men.
Anarchy won’t be allowed over Aug 21 grenade attack verdict: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the law enforcement agencies have been asked to check anarchy ahead of the verdict in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack to be delivered on October 10.
Sheikh Hasina: Unhurt, yet not unaffected
The grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 was launched targeting AL President Sheikh Hasina in an attempt to assassinate her, and left 24 dead and scores injured.
What happened on that day
Let’s revisit the day on August 21, 2004 when Islamist militants in the broad daylight launched a heinous grenade attack on a rally of the then opposition Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka.
Aug 21 Grenade Attack Cases: Trial completes after 14 years
Trial of the August 21 grenade attack cases have been completed and its verdicts are set to be delivered on October 10.
August 21 Grenade Attack: Prosecution completes closing argument
The prosecution yesterday completed its closing arguments in the much-talked-about August 21 grenade attack cases.
Aug 21 Attack: Trial of cases likely to end next week
The long-drawn-out trial of the August 21 grenade attack cases is likely to end next week as a Dhaka court has asked the prosecution and defence counsels to complete their closing arguments on legal points within two days.
‘Tarique chief architect of Aug 21 blasts'
The prosecution yesterday told a Dhaka court that Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of BNP, was the chief architect of the August 21 grenade attack that killed 24 people including Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President Zillur Rahman.