The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina,the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. The attacks targeted Awami League president Sheikh Hasina. Hasina was injured in the attack.The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated to this date.
Lutfuzzaman Babar is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Bangladeshi State Minister of Home Affairs in the Khaleda Zia Cabinet,as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is currently in prison for the death penalties in two cases –in January 2014 on charges of 2004 arms smuggling in Chittagong and in October 2018 for killing through criminal conspiracy at the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Kazi Zafarullah is a Bangladeshi industrialist and Politician. He is the Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League its Central Executive Committee. He was Member of Parliament from Faridpur-5.
Hassan Mahmood Khandker is a former Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 26th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police from 31 August 2010 to 30 December 2014. He was the longest serving Inspector General in Bangladesh Police's history. It was during his tenure that Bangladesh Police got Independence Day Award. Moreover,rank badge of the IGP upgraded to 3-star general in his time,earlier IGP was bearing two-star general rank badge since 1983.
Altaf Hossain Chowdhury is a former chief of Bangladesh Air Force and a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as a minister of home affairs and commerce during 2001–2006. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Patuakhali-1 constituency in the same period.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,and former Minister of Commerce. He hails from a political family in Chittagong and headed the city's BNP unit momentarily to organize the party.
Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-4 constituency.
Shahudul Haque is a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2003–2004. Earlier,he was an Army officer who later join Bangladesh Police.
Ashraful Huda is a former Bangladesh police officer who served as the Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2004–2005.
Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-3 constituency.
Md. Monirul Islam is an Additional Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police and head of the Special Branch.
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is a Bangladeshi police officer and the current Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Bangladesh Police since 30 September 2022. Previously he served as Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). He was made the DG of RAB in April 2020. Prior to join RAB,he was the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Munshi Atiqur Rahman is a retired Bangladesh Police officer who served as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Criminal Investigation Department. He was charged and convicted for attempting to cover up the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Bangladesh Police Service Association - BPSA is the association of the BCS cadre police officers of Bangladesh.
A. N. M. Bashir Ullah is a Bangladesh justice of Bangladesh High Court.
Phani Bhushan Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi police officer,chief of the Criminal Investigation Department,and member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. He was a secretary of the government of Bangladesh.
Mizanur Rahman is a former deputy inspector general Bangladesh police and Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He was involved in a notable bribery scandal. He was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a bribery case. He was accused of forcefully abducting a woman and marrying her against her will.
S. M. Kuddus Zaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Shahed Nuruddin is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was the trial judge in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case.
K. M. Emrul Kayesh is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
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