Awami League leader Ruma was thrown with the body

Special Report, Dhaka, 21 August 2023: 21 August 2004. In front of the central office of Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue, a temporary stage was built on a truck and an anti-terrorism, militancy and anti-corruption rally was going on. At 5:22 in the afternoon, the stage shook with a loud sound the moment the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina finished her speech. Thirteen grenades exploded in a span of just one and a half minutes, filling the air with smoke. A total of 24 people were killed in this grenade attack, including Ivy Rahman, the top leader of Awami League and late President Zillur Rahman's wife. Hundreds of party and organization leaders and supporters were injured.