Nation observing state mourning on July Martyrs’ Day

Bangladesh is observing one-day state mourning on Wednesday to commemorate July Martyrs’ Day.

The Cabinet Division announced this in a notification issued on Tuesday (July 15).

Abu Sayed, a student of the English department at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was the first martyr of the July uprising, who was killed on this day.

Marking the day, the national flag has been kept at half-mast in all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions and educational institutions, including all government and private buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad.

Special prayers will be held in all mosques of the country seeking eternal peace of the July Martyrs. Special prayers will also be offered in other religious institutions.