Staff Reporter:
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday said that if the nation becomes bewildered for any reason it will find path in the July Uprising Memorial Museum, noting it has been possible to build the museum while the blood of the July martyrs is still fresh.
“It has been possible to build this museum while the blood of the July martyrs is still fresh. It is an unprecedented example for the entire world,” he said.
The Chief Adviser added: “We do not want there to be a need to build such a museum anywhere in the future. If our nation ever becomes perplexed for any reason, it will find its path in this muse-um”.
Prof Yunus made the remarks this afternoon after inspecting the progress of the final phase work of the July Uprising Memorial Museum at the Gonobhaban, the residence of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He said that every citizen of the country should come to the museum and spend a full day, and that students should visit the museum in groups.
Spending a day in this museum will help people understand what kind of brutality the nation had to go through, the Chief Adviser said, adding, if anyone wants to stay in the symbolic ‘Aynaghar’ set up in the museum for some time, a few hours, or even a full day, they should be allowed to do so.
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Jammat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam were present on the occasion, among others.
Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum, National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman and Chief Adviser’s Principal Coordinator for SDGs Lamiya Morshed and Secretary of the Housing and Public Works Ministry Md Nazrul Islam were present.
Coordinator of Mayer Daak, an organization of families of the victims of enforced disappearance, Sanjida Islam Tuli, and Barrister Mir Ahmed bin Qasem Arman, a victim who returned from dis-appearance, as well as frontline student leaders of the July Uprising Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan and Hasnat Abdullah were also present on the occasion.
Led by Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, museum curators Tanjim Wahab and Ma-rina Tabassum Khan, researchers at the museum, and other officials guided the visitors to tour the entire museum.
The July Uprising Memorial Museum preserves various materials including photographs of the up-rising, various memorabilia, martyrs’ clothes, letters, important documents, newspaper cutting of that time, and audios and videos.
In addition, the museum also preserves the scene of the escape of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Later, Professor Muhammad Yunus watched a 15-minute video documentary highlighting the en-forced disappearances during the fascist regime and the state sponsored crackdown on protesters and mass killings during the 2024 July Uprising.
