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BNP-Jamaat trying to turn country
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members on August 15, 1975.
The gruesome killings of August 21 will be marked as a shameful chapter in the history of Bangladesh politics, the premier added.
Noting that the anti-liberation forces are still plotting in various ways, she urged all to work together to resist any conspiracy and make Bangladesh a safe and peaceful home for the next generation.
The BNP-Jamaat came to power on October 1, 2001, through rigged elections and established a reign of terror across the country, Hasina added.
By carrying out bomb and grenade attacks, they tried to turn this country into a militant state, she said, adding that in continuation of this, the grenade attack was launched on the rally against terrorism and militancy.
It was the moral duty of the government to arrest and prosecute those involved in this heinous act. But the BNP-Jamaat government instead took all measures to protect the killers, allowed attackers to flee abroad and destroyed all important evidence, Hasina said in the message.
By abusing the state machinery, they staged the “Joj Miah drama” to divert this heinous act, the PM said.
Later, it came out through a fair investigation that Hawa Bhaban and many masterminds of BNP-Jamaat were directly involved in the attack, Hasina said.
She said in October 2018, the court concerned sentenced 19 people, including BNP leader and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and former deputy minister of the BNP-Jamaat government Abdus Salam Pintu, to death for their involvement in the grenade attack.
Nineteen others, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and BNP leader Abul Harish Chowdhury, got life imprisonment, Hasina said, adding that through this judgment, the rule of law has been established in the country.
In another development, Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh has been moving forward facing all natural and manmade disasters since 2009.
She made this comment while inaugurating two multi-storey office buildings -- named Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Bhaban and Information Commission Bhaban -- in the capital’s Agargaon, reports UNB.
Joining a function from the Gono Bhaban, the PM also laid the foundation stone of BFDC Complex in Karwan Bazar.

200 hurt in AL
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clash between police and BNP activists.
OC Ajay Chandra Dev of Habiganj Model Police Station, who suffered injuries to his eye, was moved to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for better treatment yesterday morning, said police.