Bomb blast at 14-party gathering
At least two people were injured in crude bomb explosions in a rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance in the city's Hazaribagh yesterday.
The injured were Swechchhasebak League activists Moktar Hossain, 28, and Selim, 35. They received treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a source at the hospital told The Daily Star.
Police said criminals blasted two crude bombs near the rally at Hazaribagh Park around 2:45pm. No one was detained in this connection.
Although the explosions created panic in the area, the 14-party alliance completed the rally.
AL presidium member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim addressed the rally as chief guest. He alleged that bomb attacks were being carried out in a bid to cancel their programme. “But Awami League cannot be scared off by bomb attacks as it is a party of Bangabandhu and Sheikh Hasina,” he said.
Nasim once again rejected any possibility of holding dialogue with the BNP, saying no talks were possible with killers.
Besides, addressing a joint meeting of the AL and its front organisations at the AL chief's Dhanmondi office later, Nasim said a big political party like the BNP had turned out to be an underground organisation unleashing terrorism and subversive acts in the name political programmes.
“BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to embrace the similar fate to that of the leader of an underground party,” he said.
The meeting discussed about a rally of the party to be held at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 7.
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