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Bush expresses concern

Powell phones Hasina; Straw slates attack, envoys visit her

Staff Correspondent
US President George W Bush has expressed concern at Saturday's grenade attacks on Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina on Bangabandhu Avenue.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell who conveyed Bush's concern to Hasina by phone on Sunday night, said in a statement
in Washington: "The perpetrators of this heinous attack clearly intend to undermine democracy in Bangladesh. We reiterate our steadfast support for Bangladesh's democracy and call for those responsible to be brought to justice."
A host of countries including United Kingdom yesterday con-
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demned the attacks on an Awami League rally that killed at least 18 people and called for an investigation into the gory episode. The countries made the appeal for justice two days after Hasina survived an assassination attempt at the rally.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the UK condemns the bombings and added: "We look to the Bangladesh authorities to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice."
"I was shocked to hear the latest bombings in Dhaka and many deaths and injuries these have caused, as well as further violent incidents overnight," Straw said in a statement.
Foreign envoys, including British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury, yesterday called on Hasina at Sudha Sadan, her Dhanmondi residence, and offered sympathy for her.
"We are terribly shocked and horrified," said Choudhury, who was injured in a bomb blast in the northeastern city of Sylhet on May 21.
Among eight European delegates, Royal Netherlands Ambassador Kees
Beemsterboer, who also met the AL chief, read out a statement calling on the government to "thoroughly investigate the attacks and bring those responsible to justice".
Diplomats of other European countries such as Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany and Italy were on the delegation.
Hasina's Political Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury told newspersons that AL leaders described the present social and political context to the delegation. "We told them that no investigation of bomb blasts or political killings, including of lawmaker Ahsanullah Master, was complete."
Saber said opposition lawmakers fear fresh attacks on the AL president as the previous incidents were not properly investigated.
AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil and Hasina's younger sister Sheikh Rehana were also present at the meeting.
Sri Lankan Ambassador in Dhaka Gamini Farath Munasinghe and former Attorney General of Pakistan Senator Iqbal Haider also met the leader of the opposition.