Dhaka, Aug. 21 -- Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Wednesday said the government will take swift action to bring the perpetrators of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack against an Awami League rally that took 24 lives to justice.

"The government will take initiatives to bring everyone who was related to the August 21 grenade attack conspiracy to justice," Mozammel said through a written statement at a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Journalists Rights' Forum (BJRF) held at the Jatiya Press Club, to mark the 15th anniversary of the attack.

He was unable to deliver the chief guest's address at the program due to illness, so instead written copies of it were handed out to those who attended the programme.

The Liberat...