BSS
  02 Jun 2025, 17:10
Update : 02 Jun 2025, 17:16

Govt allocates Tk 405.20cr for families of July uprising martyrs, injured

 
DHAKA, June 02, 2025 (BSS) - Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today 
proposed to allocate Taka 405.20 crore in the FY2025-26 for the families of 
martyrs and injured in the July mass uprising. 

"To preserve the history and memory of the July mass uprising, to 
rehabilitate the families of the martyrs and injured students and people, and 
to establish the ideology and spirit of the mass uprising in the state and 
national life, the 'July Mass Uprising Directorate' has been established," he 
said.

The finance adviser said this while presenting the proposed national budget 
for FY26 through a pre-recorded speech aired through Bangladesh Television 
and Bangladesh Betar.

Salehuddin said an initiative of converting Ganabhaban as 'July Mass Uprising 
Memorial Museum' is also underway. 

"A policy will soon be framed to provide allowances to the family members of 
July mass uprising martyrs and the wounded will be formulated. Also, medical 
treatment facilities and rehabilitation programmes will be offered to the 
wounded. An allocation of Taka 232.60 crore has been made in the FY2024-25 
for allowances, treatment, grants and rehabilitation for the families of the 
martyrs and injured in the July mass uprising," he added.