Madaripur-3 lawmaker and central BNP co-assistant education affairs secretary Anisur Rahman Khokon Talukdar warned people he said were trying to question the July movement. Speaking as chief guest on Tuesday morning at the inauguration of Ariyal Khan riverbank protection work in the Saheberampur Notun Underchar area of Kalkini, Madaripur, he said they should watch their words or would be unable to protect themselves.

He said the July movement belonged to all people of Bangladesh. Khokon said there are mothers who lost two children, while victims of enforced disappearance and killing and their families have suffered greatly. He also said those affected families have love for the country.

The BNP leader said his side wanted to stand beside these families, including families of July martyrs and all families affected by disappearances and killings over the past 17 years. He said they wanted to bring some peace to their minds through care and support. Water Development Board Executive Engineer Sanaul Kader Khan and BNP leaders and activists were among those present.

Dhaka College Chhatra Shibir office secretary Abdul Malek was hospitalized in serious condition after an alleged attack by college unit Chhatra Dal activists, according to the report. The incident occurred around 12:30pm on August 4. Malek, who reportedly sustained a head injury, was admitted to Popular Hospital in Dhanmondi, where treatment was ongoing.

Dhaka College Chhatra Shibir finance secretary Mohammad Mamun said Malek was leading decoration work for five or six galleries ahead of a reception and discussion for martyrs' families marking the anniversary of the July mass uprising. Mamun alleged that 20 to 25 Chhatra Dal activists, led by convening committee member Parvez Mosharraf, arrived and assaulted Malek and others.

Chhatra Dal activists later held a procession on campus at 1:30pm. Dhaka College principal A K M Ilyas said regular classes and examinations had been underway since morning, while some tension surrounded a Chhatra Dal procession. He said he had not received reports of a major clash, but noted an allegation that an Islami Chhatra Andolon student was beaten after being suspected of being affiliated with Chhatra League.

Sarjis Alam, northern region chief organiser of the National Citizen Party (NCP), said Chhatra Dal would face a fate worse than Chhatra League. He made the comment in a Facebook post on Tuesday, according to a report published on August 4, 2026, at 16:38.

In his post, Sarjis wrote that the sooner Chhatra Dal becomes like Chhatra League, the sooner its outcome would become worse than that of Chhatra League. The report did not provide further explanation from him about the basis for the statement.

Earlier on Tuesday, Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir members clashed on the Jagannath University campus. The incident occurred during an event at the university's central auditorium in the presence of the UGC chairman. The report did not state the cause of the clash, whether there were casualties, or any subsequent action.

Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has tightened security across Bangladesh, including Dhaka, ahead of July Uprising Day 2026 on August 5. In a press release issued by its law and media wing on August 4, the force said intelligence surveillance, patrols and cyber patrolling had been strengthened to prevent sabotage or any untoward situation linked to the observance.

RAB said the measures are intended to stop extremist groups, banned organisations and what it described as anti-state and anti-government conspiratorial groups from causing violence or disruption. The force said it carries out regular operations and preventive activities based on specific intelligence information to bring organised criminals under the law and to help prevent violence.

Security has been reinforced in coordination with other law-enforcement agencies, intelligence bodies and local administration. Each battalion has reviewed risks in its own area and adopted a separate security plan, while intelligence gathering has been increased. Special security arrangements began on the night of August 4 at event venues, designated road march and procession routes, and July memorial monuments. RAB personnel in uniform and plain clothes will conduct surveillance in assigned areas.

A group of 1,230 prominent citizens, including Islamic scholars, teachers, doctors, engineers and businesspeople, has demanded punitive action against those involved in a reported same-sex marriage at Dhakeshwari Temple. The demand was made in a statement sent on August 4 by Engineer Muhammad Sadat, spokesperson for Muljobodh Andolon.

The statement said a marriage involving two men at the temple had recently been circulated in media reports and on social media. It alleged that a man named Kamal Hossain, who identified himself as transgender or a transitioned woman, married another man. The statement also asserted that the country’s constitution or laws do not recognize transgender or transgender woman as a gender category.

The signatories said no visible administrative action had been taken despite more than a week having passed since the incident. They called for an investigation and legal action against those found responsible. Signatories included university teachers, religious figures and professionals, among them Professor Mokhtar Ahmad, Mufti Saiful Islam, Dr Mohammad Sarwar Hossain, Asif Mahtab Uts and former secretary Nurul Alam.

Jagannath University has formed a four-member inquiry committee to investigate an incident during its July Mass Uprising Day 2026 programme at the university’s central auditorium. The programme included a discussion meeting, photo exhibition and prize distribution. The university’s public relations, information and publication office announced the committee in an emergency notice on Tuesday, August 4. The incident occurred after tension arose over students entering the event with posters containing various demands.

The notice said the administration had held coordination meetings and exchanges with active student organisations and relevant stakeholders in advance to ensure the national programme was conducted peacefully and with dignity. UGC Chairman Professor Dr Mamun Ahmed attended as chief guest. The administration said some students were involved in chasing, counter-chasing and assault during the event, condemning the incident.

Professor Dr Md Azam Khan, director of the Institute of Social Work Professor Mostafa Hasan Education and Research Institute, will convene the committee. Its members are chemistry professor Dr Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, political science associate professor Md Mezbah Ul Azam Saudagar, and Deputy Registrar Mohammad Shahidullah. The committee has been instructed to submit its report quickly, after which action will be taken under university rules.

Clashes that began at Jagannath University on August 4 during an event involving the University Grants Commission chairman spilled into nearby Dhaka National Medical College Hospital. After people injured on campus were taken for treatment, activists from Kabi Nazrul Government College Chhatra Dal and Jagannath University Chhatra Shibir engaged in clashes, counter-chases and attacks. The violence caused panic across the hospital area and reportedly temporarily disrupted treatment for patients.

Witnesses and university sources said JAKSU representatives tried to enter the event carrying placards demanding faster handover of work on the second campus to the army, an interim housing project in Keraniganj, and improvements to the medical centre. They were stopped from entering, triggering tensions involving Chhatra Dal, JAKSU, Chhatra Shibir, Chhatra Shakti and other groups. Arguments, torn placards and scuffles developed into repeated clashes.

Several JAKSU leaders, Chhatra Shakti leaders, activists from student groups and journalists were reported injured. Witnesses alleged that injured people seeking treatment were attacked by opponents at the hospital, where some general patients were also reportedly hurt. Additional police were deployed at the campus and hospital. JAKSU and several student organisations demanded arrests, while Chhatra Dal made counter-allegations.

A clash broke out between Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and Chhatra Dal activists at Dhaka College over the posting of event posters, leaving several people injured. The incident occurred at about 12:45pm on Tuesday in front of Gallery-02, where Shibir activists were putting up posters for a discussion titled “Expectations and Achievements of the July Uprising” and a ceremony honoring people injured in July. Shibir said at least 20 of its activists were injured, including one person with a serious head injury.

Shibir finance secretary Mamun Sheikh said the programme had been announced in advance and that activists were posting posters peacefully when Chhatra Dal activists launched a sudden attack. Shibir identified the seriously injured person as its Dhaka College unit finance secretary Abdul Malek and said he was admitted to Popular Medical College Hospital. The event had been scheduled to begin at 2pm.

Chhatra Dal, however, alleged that Shibir had carried out a planned attack on its activists. After the first incident, Chhatra Dal activists reportedly gathered near the residential halls around 1:30pm and later clashed again with Shibir activists in front of the college’s main gate. Activists were seen there carrying sticks, while allegations emerged that journalists were prevented from recording video footage.

Several leaders and activists from Islami Chhatra Shibir, Chhatra Shakti, the Jagannath University Central Students’ Union (JCSU), and other student groups were allegedly injured during an attack linked to displaying placards at Jagannath University. The incident reportedly occurred as JCSU representatives tried to enter the central auditorium for an event attended by the UGC chairman, according to a report published on August 4.

Those reported seriously injured included JCSU Vice President Md Riazul Islam, General Secretary Abdul Alim Arif, Assistant General Secretary Masud Rana, legal affairs secretary Faruk, and Chhatra Shakti president Shahin Mia and general secretary Ferdous Sheikh. The placards highlighted demands for rapid handover of work on the university’s second campus to the army, implementation of a temporary housing project in Keraniganj, and improved medical-centre services.

JCSU representatives alleged that they were stopped from entering, followed by arguments and scuffling, and that their placards were seized and torn. The report said videos circulating on social media showed Chhatra Dal convener Mehedi Hasan Himel blocking entry. At the latest update, clashes were continuing and JCSU leaders were protesting outside the auditorium with torn placards.

Jiaur Rahman Social Welfare Council, or JSP, launched activities of its Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation branch by paying tribute at the graves of martyred President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. A programme marking the launch was held on July 30.

At the event, organisational leaders pledged to follow Ziaur Rahman’s ideals, engage in social welfare activities and work to improve the living standards of disadvantaged communities. They also expressed commitment to stand beside helpless people and serve as a voluntary professional organisation.

Following the tribute, newly formed committee president Md Akul Hossain and general secretary Ashraf Siddiq spoke. Central leaders said they hoped the organisation’s activities would support implementation of the government’s announced 31-point programme, and drew relevant authorities’ attention to reopening closed sugar mills to create employment for unemployed youth.

Opposition leader in the national parliament and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman warned that any attempt to make people forget July would be resisted with the public. He spoke on Tuesday morning at the CIRDAP International Conference Centre in the capital as chief guest at the launch of the book “July Revolution 2024 in the Background of the Azadi Struggle,” organised by OIRD.

Rahman said offers and inducements were being made to divert attention from the July issue, but insisted that the public verdict must be accepted. He called for the contributions of those involved in the July 2024 movement to be accurately recorded. He also criticised the failure to prepare proper lists of Liberation War fighters and martyrs.

He urged the government to take steps to write accurate history and accept the referendum verdict. Rahman said justice for killings, disappearances and torture had become stalled, and said no sign of the July Memory Museum’s opening was visible by August 4 despite a stated plan to open it on August 5. He also asked the government not to harm July fighters.

Section 144 has been imposed at Begum Rokeya University to maintain peace and order on campus after Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir announced protest programmes at overlapping times. University Proctor Professor Dr Md Ferdous Rahman said the measure was taken to keep the environment calm and stable. The report was published on August 4, 2026.

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir's Rangpur metropolitan branch announced a protest march and rally from Lalbagh intersection to Abu Sayed intersection at 5:30 pm. Rangpur metropolitan Chhatra Dal announced a protest march and protest meeting at the Abu Sayed intersection park crossing at 4 pm.

Earlier on Monday, repeated clashes occurred between Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir over a banner displayed at an exhibition titled “July Against Oppression” at the university's Independence Memorial Field. The clashes involved brickbats, chairs being thrown, and chases and counter-chases. Several people from both sides were injured, according to the report.

In an article published on August 4, 2026, Rajshahi University social work professor Dr. Md. Fakhrul Islam describes Bangladesh’s 2024 “July 36” as a major political milestone. He writes that an movement initially centred on reforming public-service job quotas expanded into a broad expression of demands for democratic accountability, citizen rights and a renewed relationship between the state and its people. The article characterises it as a generational political emergence and a mass uprising.

The author says employment pressures, questions over administrative accountability, political polarisation and young people’s uncertainty about the future widened the movement’s social base. Students were joined in solidarity by teachers, parents, lawyers, doctors, artists, writers, workers, members of the public and Bangladeshis living abroad. Smartphones, live video, social media and citizen journalism, he argues, gave the events a digital character and rapidly brought them into international discussion.

Islam says political instability can affect investment, trade, development cooperation and a country’s international image. He calls for balancing international cooperation with protection of national interests and an independent foreign policy. The article argues that durable change requires institutional reform in the judiciary, electoral system, administration, police, education and economic structures, alongside impartial research and preservation of historical information.

In a personal account published by Amar Desh on August 4, 2026, a student from Eden Mohila College recounts joining the “Long March to Dhaka” during the July movement. She says she left from Chittagong Road on the morning of August 3 with her mother, despite family concerns, and her younger sister later joined them. After their bus stopped as a large procession approached, she chose to walk forward and take part in the march.

The writer describes meeting a teenage girl who also wanted to join, and says the number of participants grew as they advanced. At Matuail, police attempted to disperse the procession, causing people to scatter briefly. According to the account, participants soon regrouped and resumed chanting slogans.

The group eventually reached Shaheed Minar, where the writer says people had arrived from different parts of the country. She portrays the gathering as one that brought together students, workers, teachers and guardians against injustice. The article characterizes July as a lasting symbol of courage, unity and resistance to injustice.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlement Minister Orit Strock have called for a new cabinet vote on a plan to deploy a multinational security force in Gaza. In a report published on August 4, 2026, the two right-wing ministers also urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to revoke the previous approval until another vote is held.

According to The Jerusalem Post, the ministers said the cabinet had been given incomplete and misleading information when it approved the Board of Peace plan. The approved proposal also includes establishing an experimental humanitarian zone for Palestinians in Gaza, the report said.

The Board of Peace, formed at the initiative of US President Donald Trump to stabilize Gaza, recently outlined the plan. Trump said it would involve Hamas disarming and Israeli troops withdrawing from Gaza. After objections emerged within Israel, however, the board said Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli forces leave. The report said differences between the Israeli government and the United States have become visible, particularly over Hamas’s disarmament and the timetable for an Israeli troop withdrawal.