August 21 Grenade Attack
Rokia Afzal Rahman: A leader with a quiet strength
Perhaps it is no coincidence that she shared her name with Begum Rokeya, the pioneer of women’s emancipation in the Indian subcontinent during British rule.
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.
19th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attack today
The nation is observing the 19th anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka with various programmes today and pledges to resist such acts of terror.
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.
From the archive / Ride to death, return to life
The clock struck 3 in the afternoon of August 21, 2004. At Sudha Sadan, the residence of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, preparations were underway to head for Bangabandhu Avenue where the party was holding an anti-militancy rally.
Assassination attempt on Hasina
AL chief escapes unscathed; her personal security staff dies, Razzak, Amu, Suranjit, Ivy and Zafarullah critically wounded