Govt declares August 5 public holiday

Staff Reporter:

The government has declared August 5 a nationwide public holiday in honor of those martyred who
sacrificed their lives during the July Mass Uprising in 2024.
The day will be marked as ‘July Mass Uprising Day’, said a gazette notification of the Cabinet Division,
issued on Wednesday, signed by Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division Mohammad Khaled Hasan.
And from now on, August 5 will be marked every year across the country.
It has been decided to include the date as a 'Ka' category day in the observance of national and
international days to be observed as the 'July Mass Uprising Day' every year.