Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sensationally accused her political rival Khaleda Zia and her son. It is said that Khalida and his elder son Tarek Rahman conspired to kill him in 2004 in a grenade attack in Dhaka. Hasina made the revelation on the 16th anniversary of the attack on an anti terrorism rally held at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. 24 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in that attack.
Prime Minister Hasina said this rally was organized in protest against the British High Commissioner in Sylhet and more than five hundred other terrorist attacks in the country. She (Hasina) was the main target in this rally. Because before that Khalida had said that the Awami League can no longer come to power for the next 100 years. Hasina said killing Khalida and his party is in the interest .