In an opinion article published by Amar Desh on August 6, 2026, Abdul Latif Masum examines the gap between the narrative and reality of Bangladesh’s July-August 2024 mass uprising on its second anniversary. He describes the movement as expanding from quota reform demands into a national awakening against inequality, misrule, plunder and dominance. Citing the UN human rights office, he says roughly 1,500 people were killed before the fall of “fascism” on August 5.

The writer says the February election restored voting rights after one and a half decades and gave nationalist forces a mandate to govern. He praises Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s message of rebuilding the state rather than seeking revenge, as well as steps toward commitments in a 31-point reform plan, a legal framework for trying enforced disappearances and killings, and diplomatic efforts to recover laundered funds.

Masum also flags allegations of land grabbing and extortion, bureaucratic inertia, weak accountability, inflation and unemployment. He argues that the uprising must not be claimed by any single group, calling instead for recognition of its collective ownership, adherence to the rule of law and institutional reconstruction.