July-Mass-Uprising-2024

The authorities in the city have not start a single trial amid some 800 cases filed over killing hundreds of protesters and injuring many more though two years of the July mass uprising have been elapsed.  After the political changeover, more than eight hundred cases have been filed at police stations across the capital seeking justice for these incidents. But even two years after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, not a single trial has begun. Among these, in...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said the autocrat’s bullets did not see who was Muslim, who was Hindu, or who was Christian. No one asked the religious identity of those who were martyred or injured. He added, “This country is yours, this country is mine, this country belongs to all of us. We may be Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Christian, but our sole identity is that we are Bangladeshi.” Tarique made these remarks on Tuesday night during his visit to the JM Sen Hall Puja Mandap in Chatt...

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has taken an initiative to establish a new department for individuals who have been victims of enforced disappearance, murder, torture, and extrajudicial killings. A meeting was held on Sunday at the ministry's conference room to review the matter in detail. The inter-ministerial meeting was called to discuss the proposal for forming this department under the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.According to meeting sources, the department's work will include...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed his determination to build a beautiful Bangladesh through the collective efforts of all.He said that the July Mass Uprising and the sacrifices of the people at various times had the primary goal of building a developed Bangladesh.The Prime Minister made these remarks on Saturday at an event held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tejgaon, where appointment letters were handed over to family members of 10 individuals who were martyred or critically injur...

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Leader of the Opposition in the National Parliament, has said that another inevitable revolution appears to be imminent. "I am calling on all of you to prepare for this revolution. Revolution knows no age. In July 2024, everyone—from children to the elderly—took to the streets. In the future as well, everyone will become young again to fight against fascism and snatch victory," he stated.He made these remarks as the chief guest at a mas...

When thousands of young voices on the turbulent streets of July '24 were chanting slogans for the fall of the government, many saw it as a sudden student movement that had exploded out of nowhere. But the fire of that explosion did not ignite in a single day. Its gunpowder had been accumulating for years. The streets of the 2018 quota reform movement, public engagement in the safe road movement, the death of Abrar Fahad, protests against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, small-scale d...

July Mass Uprising 2024, which began with the demand for quota reform in government jobs, quickly transformed into a student-mass uprising. People from almost all walks of society - from university and school students to laborers, rickshaw pullers, teachers, doctors, businessmen, and parents - stood side by side. Initially, the demand was for the reform of the quota system, but as the movement expanded, questions regarding the character of the state, governance, accountability, and civi...