AL marks Ivy Rahman's death anniversary
Monday, 25 August 2008
Awami League (AL) Sunday observed the fourth death anniversary of the party's former Women Affairs Secretary Ivy Rahman, who succumbed to injuries sustained in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack on an AL rally in the city, reports bdnews24.com.
Family members and former colleagues offered flowers and prayers at her grave in Banani.
Husband and AL acting president Zillur Rahman, in an emotional tribute, said, "Ivy sacrificed her own life to save our leader Sheikh Hasina on the tragic day of the grenade attack. I have hardly been able to breathe since then."
Zillur, repeating allegations that the then BNP-led four-party alliance government had been behind the grenade attack, demanded of the caretaker government to bring the culprits to book.
Ivy, mortally wounded during the blasts, was admitted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where she died two days later.
Members of Jatiya Mohila Porishad, Mohila Awami League, Jubo League and others paid tributes at her grave Sunday.
Ivy Rahman was born on July 7, 1944. Her father Jalaluddin Ahmed was the Principal of Dhaka College.
Family members and former colleagues offered flowers and prayers at her grave in Banani.
Husband and AL acting president Zillur Rahman, in an emotional tribute, said, "Ivy sacrificed her own life to save our leader Sheikh Hasina on the tragic day of the grenade attack. I have hardly been able to breathe since then."
Zillur, repeating allegations that the then BNP-led four-party alliance government had been behind the grenade attack, demanded of the caretaker government to bring the culprits to book.
Ivy, mortally wounded during the blasts, was admitted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where she died two days later.
Members of Jatiya Mohila Porishad, Mohila Awami League, Jubo League and others paid tributes at her grave Sunday.
Ivy Rahman was born on July 7, 1944. Her father Jalaluddin Ahmed was the Principal of Dhaka College.