Monday, 04 August, 2025
Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus will present the long-awaited July Proclamation at Dhaka’s Manik Mia Avenue on Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of the July Uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
The proclamation will be formally announced at 5pm during a full-day programme celebrating "July 36" -- a symbolic date recalling the mass movement that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-and-a-half-year rule.
The Chief Advisor’s Office confirmed the schedule in a statement on Sunday.
“The world witnessed a rare public Uprising on this day last year,” the statement read.
“The fascists fled. Streets filled with joyful crowds. The people of Bangladesh united in sacrifice, defiance, and faith.”
Tuesday’s events will include music performances from 11am, a symbolic observance at 2:25pm called “Celebration of Fascist Retreat”, followed by more performances, the proclamation at 5pm, a drone drama at 7:30pm, and a concert at 8pm.
The programme is jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, Shilpakala Academy and the Parliament Secretariat.
The movement began in mid-2024 with student protests over civil service quota reform. Originating at Dhaka University, it spread like wildfire to campuses nationwide. Government efforts to suppress it through force, internet shutdowns, and media controls only deepened resistance. Within 36 days, as casualties mounted, the regime collapsed on Aug 5. Hasina and her allies fled to India.
An interim government under Yunus assumed office on Aug 8. The post-Uprising administration launched a series of national reforms, responding to the demands of the student-led movement and civic coalitions.
Plans for a formal charter emerged in December 2024. On Dec 29, the Students Against Discrimination and the National Citizens’ Committee formally announced their intention to publish the July Proclamation, initially scheduled for Dec 31.
While not involved at first, the government later joined the initiative and began aligning the proclamation with recommendations from the reform commissions and political consultations.
In early July, the BNP, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party were consulted on the draft. The final version, comprising 26 key commitments, declares the people's aspiration for a democratic, corruption-free, rights-based society and a new constitutional framework ensuring the rule of law.
It also calls for official recognition of the Uprising in the preamble and annexe of the Constitution. Yunus’s office confirmed on Saturday that the draft has now been finalised and will be unveiled on Tuesday.
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Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus will present the long-awaited July Proclamation at Dhaka’s Manik Mia Avenue on Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of the July Uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
The proclamation will be formally announced at 5pm during a full-day programme celebrating "July 36" -- a symbolic date recalling the mass movement that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-and-a-half-year rule.
The Chief Advisor’s Office confirmed the schedule in a statement on Sunday.
“The world witnessed a rare public Uprising on this day last year,” the statement read.
“The fascists fled. Streets filled with joyful crowds. The people of Bangladesh united in sacrifice, defiance, and faith.”
Tuesday’s events will include music performances from 11am, a symbolic observance at 2:25pm called “Celebration of Fascist Retreat”, followed by more performances, the proclamation at 5pm, a drone drama at 7:30pm, and a concert at 8pm.
The programme is jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, Shilpakala Academy and the Parliament Secretariat.
The movement began in mid-2024 with student protests over civil service quota reform. Originating at Dhaka University, it spread like wildfire to campuses nationwide. Government efforts to suppress it through force, internet shutdowns, and media controls only deepened resistance. Within 36 days, as casualties mounted, the regime collapsed on Aug 5. Hasina and her allies fled to India.
An interim government under Yunus assumed office on Aug 8. The post-Uprising administration launched a series of national reforms, responding to the demands of the student-led movement and civic coalitions.
Plans for a formal charter emerged in December 2024. On Dec 29, the Students Against Discrimination and the National Citizens’ Committee formally announced their intention to publish the July Proclamation, initially scheduled for Dec 31.
While not involved at first, the government later joined the initiative and began aligning the proclamation with recommendations from the reform commissions and political consultations.
In early July, the BNP, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party were consulted on the draft. The final version, comprising 26 key commitments, declares the people's aspiration for a democratic, corruption-free, rights-based society and a new constitutional framework ensuring the rule of law.
It also calls for official recognition of the Uprising in the preamble and annexe of the Constitution. Yunus’s office confirmed on Saturday that the draft has now been finalised and will be unveiled on Tuesday.
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