August 21
The month of August has been the cruelest one as we witnessed the most horrific incident of the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib on the 15th of August, 1975. There was yet another such ugly incident on August 21 three years back at a public meeting of then opposition party Awami League. The attempt to kill opposition leader Sheikh Hasina somehow didn't work; but many died on the spot; and many more were crippled/splintered. Unfortunately, the then government failed to do justice to these ghastly events --- they couldn't catch the criminals. On the contrary, the immediate past BNP led coalition government, that is alleged to be waging all this terrorist activities that include the rise of the JMB and some other militant outfits, made some flimsy attempts to do justice, after being severely accused by the sane forces here and abroad. There had been the visits of Interpol and the FBI personnel to investigate the matter, but they left without doing anything. Things remained obscure to the nation. "Justice" remained outside the corridors numbed and maimed. Terrorists remained active and safe lurking to strike at an opportune moment. With the present CTG in place to salvage the sinking nation, things have, however, taken a good turn --- corrupt politicians have been taken into custody and are being tried --- the nation is slowly but very steadily coming back on track. Now that the saviour is there, and that they are making efforts to bring the murderers of the Father of the Nation to justice, we, the common people, strongly urge the government to bring before justice those responsible for the August 21 carnage. If, however, this act is not delivered the terrorism that has already made a heavy and frightening appearance in the independent Bangladesh will never be curbed --- it will only extend its ugly hands to undermine the spirit of our glorious liberation war and push us behind into the woods. It's however a sad truth that the masterminds behind all these incidents are yet to be arrested.
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