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.

August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017

August 21 Black Day

At 5:22pm: Banned militant outfit Huji carries out the grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka, killing 24 people and injuring 300 more. Sheikh Hasina narrowly escapes assassination.

April 5, 2017
April 5, 2017

IPU rights body wants fair trial in Aug 21 grenade attack, Kibria killing

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) expresses deep concern as none was held responsible for in a court of law in the August 21 grenade attack on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and killing of Shah AMS Kibria in 12 years.

August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016

Pain they still bear

Mahbuba Parvin is living with around 1,800 splinters in her body, two in her brain.

November 21, 2015
November 21, 2015

Halt Mojaheed’s execution until Aug 21 attack trial ends: Family

Family of death row war criminal Mojaheed urges president to halt his execution until Aug 21 grenade attack trial ends. Mojaheed is an accused in the case.

August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015

‘PM’s comment might influence trial’

Terming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s claim that Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman had link to the August 21 grenade attack "baseless", BNP says the PM’s comment might influence the trial of the case.

August 22, 2015
August 22, 2015

Day of the grenades

AUGUST 21, 2004 will go down as one of the blackest days in our political history.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

No doubt about Khaleda's involvement in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there is no doubt about the involvement of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son in the August-21 grenade attack that left 21 killed and several hundred injured.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

BNP had no hand behind Aug 21 grenade attack: Nazrul

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan claims that their party has no involvement in August 21 grenade attack.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

The blood-stained August 21

In Bangladesh, we need to seriously acknowledge the significance of authoritative approval or condoning of violence because such action is construed as social approval.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

The day of infamy

Eleven years ago on August 21, 2004 the nation was rattled, shocked and surprised by an unprecedented grenade attack on a peace rally organised by Bangladesh Awami League in front of their party office at Bangabandhu Avenue.