On August 1, 2024, the Bangladesh government banned Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির through an executive order. The same day, six leading student organisers of the quota reform movement were released from Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch custody and taken home at about 1:30pm. They had been held for four to six days and, after a 32-hour hunger strike, said they would continue the movement.

The Home Ministry issued the ban under Section 18(1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, barring Jamaat-Shibir and their affiliated bodies from political activity. Then law minister Anisul Huq said the decision followed allegations of their involvement in violence during the quota movement and evidence of anti-liberation war crimes. He said legal action would be taken against people whose allegations were proven.

The “Remembering Our Heroes” programme was held nationwide to commemorate those killed and injured, with reports of law-enforcement obstruction, confrontations and student detentions in several places. Organisers announced prayers, grave visits, worship at religious sites and student-public marches after Friday prayers on August 2. The United Nations said it was ready to assist Bangladesh, if requested, in investigating violence and casualties.