Tag: 21 August Grenade Attack
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina briefs Joint Secretary on efforts to arrest fugitive Tarique Zia and 14 others in grenade attack case
The question-answer session scheduled for the Prime Minister was presented at the beginning of the day's proceedings under the chairmanship of Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said in the grenade attack case trial at Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal No. 1 on October 10, 2018, a total of 49 accused were…
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As long as BNP is present in politics, the struggle will never go away: Hasan Mahmood
The Minister was responding to a question at the Secretariat on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the dastardly grenade attack on the party’s anti-terrorist rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city on August 21, 2004. Hasan, who is also the joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said the gruesome grenade attack…
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BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul claims that the investigation and trial of the August 21 attack is a complete sham
Noting that the August 21 incident is one of the most disgusting incidents in Bangladesh politics, the BNP general secretary said, “We condemn the August 21 incident.” He said that unnecessarily efforts are being made to take political advantage by adding the names of political leaders. None of Tariq Rahman, Abdus Salam Pintu and Lutfozzaman…
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Grenade attack survivor Mehbooba Parveen still suffering after 19 years
“After being seriously injured in the August 21 grenade attack, I was on a wheelchair for five years. Then I had to walk with the help of crutches for seven years. Often, I wake up in the middle of the night in agony from the fragments that are still in my body, but I can’t…
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PM Hasina calls for speedy decision on August 21 grenade attack
Chairing today’s discussion, Hasina said that some of the culprits in the grenade attack case are now in jail but the main mastermind remains outside the country. Without taking the name of Tariq Rehman, he said that he had gone abroad after signing a bond. “If he has guts then why doesn’t he come back?…
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The August 21 grenade attack has put a wall in politics
That was news. It was sad, but it happened. This was not the first time. Attacks on rallies and processions of rival political parties, assassination attempts on politicians, abductions and forced disappearances, lynchings are nothing new in the history of this country. This has been happening in independent Bangladesh since 1972. The size and nature…
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19th anniversary of 21 August grenade attack will be observed on Monday
Party leaders and workers formed a human shield to protect the then opposition leader and outgoing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina miraculously survived the fierce grenade attack that day. As Sheikh Hasina, the main target of the attack, escaped, 12 rounds of bullets were fired at her car while she was being taken from…
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Awami League can retain popularity despite being in power for long: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that the Bangladesh Awami League has been able to successfully maintain its popularity despite being in power for a long time. “While being in power for a long time, very few parties or men can maintain popularity or work continuously for the welfare of the people, but Awami…
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Prime Minister Hasina paid tribute to the martyrs at Banani cemetery on 15 August
PM Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana also paid Fateha and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of 15 August. Bangmata Begum Faziltun Nessa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russell and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest at Banani Cemetery after being…