July Shaheed Dibosh observed

July Shaheed Dibosh (July Martyrs' Day) was observed across the country on Thursday with due respect and solemnity through various programmes.

The day commemorates Abu Sayed, the first martyr of the 2024 student-led quota reform movement, and all others who lost their lives during the July Uprising, reports BSS.

Marking the day, the national flag was kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous buildings, educational institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad.

Religious institutions across the country held special prayers and supplications seeking salvation and forgiveness for the martyrs.

On the occasion, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman issued separate messages.

The President paid deep tribute to all martyrs of the 2024 July Mass Uprising and called for collective efforts to build the discrimination-free and equitable Bangladesh envisioned by the martyrs.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman recalled the contributions of those who embraced martyrdom and the wounded in the July movement, which turned into a mass uprising to free the nation from the fascist regime.

He said July 16 is being observed as the historic July Martyrs' Day with profound respect, mourning and gratitude, along with a renewed commitment to institutionalizing democracy in every sphere of the nation.