Even after 11 years, the trial in the deadly August 21 grenade attack at an Awami League rally held at the Bangabandhu Avenue in 2004 is still going on, leaving relatives of the victims and survivors extremely frustrated. Every year on the anniversary of the deadly grenade attack, the concerned authorities become active and vow to complete the trials at the earliest. However, of the total 52 accused, the law enforcing agencies are yet to trace the whereabouts of 18 absconding accused. Talking to The Independent yesterday, public prosecutor, Mosharraf Hossain Kazol, who is dealing with the case, claimed that the backlog of several other sensational cases, including the 10-truck arms smuggling  case in Chittagong, the bomb blast case during…

The recent deaths of some party men in ‘gunfight’ with the law enforcers have caused furor…