Tag: August 21 grenade attack

Tarique was mastermind behind grenade attack: Quader

- Times Report -

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Monday said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman was the mastermind behind the August 21 grenade attack. “In 2004, the then prince of Hawa Bhaban, Tarique Rahman, gave directives to carry out an operation on August 21,” he told a protest and memorial meeting in front

PM for speeding up verdict on grenade attack

- Times Report -

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for expediting the implementation of the trial court's verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case. "Our leaders and activists including Ivy Rahman were brutally killed in broad daylight on this August 21. The trial has been held. Its (trial court) judgment

The August 21 carnage

- Saleem Samad -

As dusk fell on 21 August 2004, I received a desperate phone call from a diplomat (his identity cannot be disclosed). His voice was very urgent and said his Head of Mission demands to know whether Sheikh Hasina is safe. Hasina was an opposition leader of the Awami League and was

BNP patronized Aug 21 attack: PM

- Times Report -

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it was not possible to carry out an attack like that of August 21, 2004 had there been no direct patronage from then BNP-Jamaat government.  "They (BNP-Jamaatgovt) thought that I had been killed (in the grenade attack), but when they came to know that