DHAKA:   Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader expressed his mixed reaction over the verdict of two cases filed in connection with the grenade attack that killed 24 people on August 21, 2004.

Obaidul Quader, also, general secretary of ruling Awami League said, “We’re not unhappy with the belated verdict; then again we’re not absolutely satisfied. The mastermind or the planner of the attack should have been given capital punishment.”

BDST: 1327 HRS, OCT 10, 2018

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