President Abdul Hamid pays tribute to Aug 21 victims
President Abdul Hamid paid rich tribute to the memory of those killed in a barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally in city on August 21 in 2004.
"I express my deep respect to the memory of those killed in the August 21 grenade attack and convey heartfelt sympathies to the injured," he said in a message yesterday. Twenty-four AL leaders and activists including Ivy Rahman were killed in the attack.
The president said the attack was aimed at assassinating party chief Sheikh Hasina and other top leaders.
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