grenade attack 2004

August 21 grenade attack trial a ‘staged drama’: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the trial process of the August 21 grenade attack case was a "staged drama" by the government

No doubt Khaleda, Tarique and their men were involved: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for expediting the implementation of the trial court's verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case

'My feet slipping on thick blood': journalists' accounts of August 21 horror

The gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League rally, apparently aimed at killing AL President Sheikh Hasina. was a turning point in the political history of Bangladesh

19 yrs on, survivors, victims’ families still wait for ‘final justice’

The August 21, 2004 grenade attack victims are yet to receive justice for the horrifying tragedy that took place at an Awami League rally, in the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue.

Living with traumas and splinters

Daulatun Nahar shudders when questions are asked about the August 21 grenade attack that forced her to adjust to a life of pain and trauma. Many nights she cannot sleep due to the physical suffering caused by splinters that live in her body in the hundreds.

Couldn’t have been possible without govt patronage

Alleging that the then BNP-Jamaat government was involved in the August 21 grenade attack, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not possible to carry out such an attack without the patronage of a government.

From the archive / 'State-backed crime' punished

It was a well-orchestrated plan, executed through abuse of state power, a special court has ruled, delivering verdicts in the two cases filed over the grenade attack on an Awami League rally 14 years ago.

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

August 21 grenade attack trial a ‘staged drama’: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the trial process of the August 21 grenade attack case was a "staged drama" by the government

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

No doubt Khaleda, Tarique and their men were involved: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for expediting the implementation of the trial court's verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

'My feet slipping on thick blood': journalists' accounts of August 21 horror

The gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League rally, apparently aimed at killing AL President Sheikh Hasina. was a turning point in the political history of Bangladesh

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

Living with traumas and splinters

Daulatun Nahar shudders when questions are asked about the August 21 grenade attack that forced her to adjust to a life of pain and trauma. Many nights she cannot sleep due to the physical suffering caused by splinters that live in her body in the hundreds.

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

19 yrs on, survivors, victims’ families still wait for ‘final justice’

The August 21, 2004 grenade attack victims are yet to receive justice for the horrifying tragedy that took place at an Awami League rally, in the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue.

August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019

Couldn’t have been possible without govt patronage

Alleging that the then BNP-Jamaat government was involved in the August 21 grenade attack, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not possible to carry out such an attack without the patronage of a government.

October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018

'State-backed crime' punished

It was a well-orchestrated plan, executed through abuse of state power, a special court has ruled, delivering verdicts in the two cases filed over the grenade attack on an Awami League rally 14 years ago.

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