The government has decided to announce 5 August as Student-People Uprising Day.
Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki shared the information at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka today (19 June).
The adviser said an initial decision has been made to observe the day as a government holiday.
He added that the final decision regarding the holiday will be made at the upcoming Advisory Council meeting next Sunday.
On 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina fled to India with her sister Sheikh Rehana in the face of a mass uprising led by students. She has been in India since then.
It was history made by students just in a little over a month since they started their protest demanding reforms in job quota on 1 July last year. The movement faced massive use of force by law enforcers, causing deaths and arrests, gaining momentum every day and turning into a popular movement of students and people.
It reached its peak and brought the fall of the regime on 5 August – a day now marked as “36 July” in student protesters’ own calendar as they extended the deadliest month of Bangladesh’s history in their countdown for final victory.
LND/SAE
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