{"id":35924,"date":"2017-08-21T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=35924"},"modified":"2017-08-21T11:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T11:48:46","slug":"13th-anniv-of-aug-21-grenade-attack-being-observed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=35924","title":{"rendered":"13th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attack being observed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-35925 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"grenade-attack11\" width=\"763\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/grenade-attack11.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/>Dhaka: The 13 anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally is being observed in a somber mood on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Awami League and its associate bodies are observing the day across the country through various programmes including rallies, discussions and special prayers, doa and milad mahfil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">AL will also hold a discussion at Krishibid Institution of Bangladesh (KIB) at Khamarbari in city\u2019s Farmgate area around 3:30pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to address the discussion as the chief guest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On this day in 2004, the grisly grenade attack was carried out on an anti-terrorism rally arranged by Awami League at Banbabandhu Avenue in the city during the rule of BNP- Jamaat alliance government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The main target of the heinous attack was current Prime Minister and the then opposition leader and daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At least 24 leaders and activists, including Awami League women affairs secretary and late president Zillur Rahman\u2019s wife Ivy Rahman, were killed and 300 others injured in the grenade attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, Sheikh Hasina fortunately escaped the attack unhurt but her hearing was affected badly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At least 13 grenades were thrown from the rooftops of a nearby building soon after Sheikh Hasina had finished her speech at the rally.unb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka: The 13 anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally is being observed in a somber mood on Monday. 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