NCP central joint convener and Kurigram-2 lawmaker Dr Atik Mujahid said Bangladesh should not see politics of terrorism and pledged that terrorists would be brought to justice. He spoke to journalists while visiting NCP, Jubo Shakti and Chhatra Shakti activists injured in an alleged attack by BNP leaders and activists in Fulbari, at Kurigram Sadar Hospital on the night of August 1.

Mujahid questioned who was bringing such violence to Kurigram, saying the district’s people were not particularly violent. He said there could be no political compromise with terrorists and that his group did not want to see terrorists in Bangladesh, even if its members were killed while standing beside working people.

He said people in post-July Bangladesh no longer wanted to see bloodshed and would reject unrest and terrorist politics. Kurigram district Jamaat-e-Islami president Azizur Rahman Swapan condemned what he called a brutal assault on NCP members and urged the government to take strict and effective action. He said people would collectively take to the streets otherwise.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Dinajpur district branch held a large rally and procession in Dinajpur demanding implementation of the July Charter and the referendum verdict. The gathering was held at the local Institute field at 11am on Saturday, August 1. After the meeting, a procession left the field, travelled through several city streets and returned to the same venue.

Aftab Uddin Molla, former amir of Dinajpur district Jamaat and a member of the central Majlis-e-Shura, attended as chief guest. District amir Principal Anisur Rahman chaired the event. District secretary Muhaddis Dr Enamul Haque, assistant secretaries Rajibur Rahman Palash and Maulana Saidul Islam Soikat, and other party leaders addressed the gathering.

Speakers alleged that the current government did not want to implement the July Charter because doing so would prevent the laundering of thousands of crores of taka from the country. They said 70 percent of people had voted in the referendum and that reform proposals had still not been implemented despite time spent on them. They urged the government to respect the referendum mandate and implement the July Charter. A large number of Jamaat leaders and activists joined the rally and procession.

Lyricist, composer and music director Prince Mahmud sharply criticised National Citizens Committee chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary after Patwary’s recent comments about BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. In a Facebook post from his verified account, reported on August 1, 2026, Mahmud said Patwary needed treatment and condemned his manner of political commentary.

Mahmud wrote that Mirza Fakhrul’s qualifications need not be judged through remarks from Patwary. He described Patwary’s statements as habitually beginning with personal attacks and stressed the importance of courtesy in politics. Mahmud also made strongly personal comments about Patwary’s behaviour and physical condition in the post.

The post spread rapidly on social media and prompted broad discussion, the report said. Patwary’s various recent remarks about Mirza Fakhrul and several other BNP leaders had already generated intense controversy in political circles. No direct response to Mahmud’s post had yet been received from Patwary or the relevant organisation, according to the report.

Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque visited Alif at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in Dhaka at 11pm on July 31. Alif was injured in an attack on the National Citizen Party’s July march in Habiganj, according to the report.

During the visit, Mamunul Haque inquired about Alif’s physical condition and wished for his swift recovery. He also discussed necessary matters with doctors treating Alif. The Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis leader consoled the injured person and prayed to Allah for his early recovery.

Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Joint Secretary General Maulana Ataullah Amin was present during the hospital visit. Maulana Murshid Siddiqui, general secretary of the party’s Dhaka Metropolitan North branch, also attended. Mufti Sanaullah, general secretary of the National Ulama Alliance, was among those present.

Iranian Parliament Speaker and senior nuclear negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has claimed that Iran won a recent war, according to a report by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. He made the remarks during a meeting of the Iranian Parliament Coordination Council, as reported on August 1, 2026.

Ghalibaf said the claimed victory must now be preserved and consolidated over the long term. He also said the entire nation should remain hopeful in pursuit of a bright and prosperous future. The report did not specify the conflict, its opponent, its duration, or evidence supporting his assertion of victory.

Addressing Iranian officials, Ghalibaf called for strengthening the supreme leader's executive authority and capacity before taking any action. He stressed that all efforts to build a strong Iran should begin from that point. The report provided no additional details on war-related measures or immediate plans beyond his comments.

Alif Chowdhury, an 18-year-old higher secondary student and Jatiya Chhatra Shakti worker, suffered severe eye injuries in an attack during the National Citizen Party's July march in Habiganj last Tuesday. After initial treatment locally, he was transferred to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in Dhaka for surgery. Doctors said vision is not expected to return in his left eye.

Doctors said an injury from a brick or stone ruptured Alif's left eyeball and eyelid, with important internal parts of the eye displaced. The retina and other key internal structures were completely damaged, while a CT scan found blood clotting inside the eye. Surgery was conducted following a decision by a five-member medical board; doctors said temporary blurred vision in his right eye may improve.

Sarjis Alam of Chhatra Shakti identified Nazmul Hasan Oni, member secretary of Habiganj Sadar Upazila Chhatra Dal, as the alleged attacker. The report said a case had been filed but no one had been arrested by Friday. Alif's brother said NCP is covering treatment costs. NCP's Nahid Islam and Jamaat chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman condemned the attack and called for action against those involved.

The family of Ishtiaq Ahmed Srabon says he was killed while joining the anti-discrimination student movement in Feni on August 4, 2024. He was among students and residents demonstrating beneath the Mohipal flyover on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway when armed Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League activists allegedly attacked, according to the family. They said Srabon was hit by six bullets and was declared dead at Feni General Hospital after friends took him there.

Relatives said Srabon regularly joined the movement with friends and wore one of his mother’s scarves on his head, along with a jersey bearing his name. He had passed HSC from Feni Government College in 2023 and was preparing for university admission. The eldest of three siblings and the family’s only son, he was also vice-president of the Feni district committee of the National Children’s Taskforce and an active Feni Cricket Academy member, a friend said.

His parents demanded implementation of the July Charter and swift justice for those involved in the killing. They alleged pressure was exerted to bury him quickly and said many accused have not been brought under the law. Srabon’s mother filed a murder case at Feni Model Police Station naming 105 people, including former lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari, as well as more than 100 unidentified individuals.

In an opinion article published by Amar Desh on August 1, 2026, Wasim Ahmed Anik, general secretary of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Jahangirnagar University, recounts the university-centred movement during the July mass uprising. He writes that a social movement against what he calls an abnormal quota system began at educational institutions, gained momentum in July and later developed into a nationwide political movement.

The author alleges that Chhatra League attacked peaceful student protesters at Jahangirnagar University, injuring many students and journalists. He says students and teachers were attacked again when they went to the vice-chancellor’s residence seeking justice for injured students. According to his account, teachers, students and residents of Savar supported the protesters, and the university became the first institution cleared of outsiders and Chhatra League activists, accelerating the movement.

Anik further writes that police later carried out attacks from night until dawn and returned with heavy weapons, injuring many students and teachers. He says the first march breaking a curfew occurred at Jahangirnagar, while private university students assumed much of the leadership after July 19. He reports that Abdul Kaiyum, Alif, Shraban Gazi and Nafisa were among those killed by police fire during a March to Dhaka procession.

An article published by Amar Desh recounts the life and death of Abdul Rakib in the context of the July revolution. Rakib, a 22-year-old young man with an intellectual disability, was born on January 1, 2004, in Muradnagar, Cumilla. According to the article, he actively joined demonstrations in Jatrabari during the July movement and would stand in the front row with Bangladesh’s flag tied to his chest.

The article says Rakib was injured by pellet shots fired by police on July 19, with eyewitnesses claiming at least 50 pellets struck his back. It says he nevertheless continued to join the movement. The account states that the outstretched arms of Abu Sayed inspired him, and that Rakib would spread his own arms before police gunfire and say, “I have bared my chest, shoot.”

On August 5, during the “Long March to Dhaka” programme, his family tried to prevent him from leaving because of his health and the continuing violence. The article says he broke a lock using a brick he carried and joined the procession. Eyewitness accounts cited in the piece say he was shot during firing from atop the Jatrabari police station building at 2 p.m. and died on the street.

A report says US President Donald Trump is pursuing an initiative to establish US business control over Libya’s oil resources through agreements among the country’s eastern and western power centers. On June 18, Libya’s three main political groups reached a power-sharing deal that outlines presidential and parliamentary elections before February 17, 2027. Massad Boulos, Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs and Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is described as playing a central role in the process.

The agreement is based on a unified state budget of $30 billion adopted in April. The report says a plan to double Libya’s daily oil output to three million barrels by 2030 could benefit US energy companies including ConocoPhillips and Chevron, which have already signed oil-related agreements. It adds that unifying and insulating the National Oil Corporation from factional interference could raise output above 1.5 million barrels a day and increase state revenue by 20 to 30 percent.

Civil society, tribal groups, militias, women and young people were not represented at the Rome meeting that preceded the deal, prompting doubts about its success. Critics say the arrangement is centered on powerful individuals and families rather than institutions. Russia views the initiative as bypassing the Berlin process, while Algeria and Tunisia stress Libyan ownership and leadership of any settlement.

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.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for restraint and forgiveness after alleged offensive slogans targeting him and his late mother were raised during a student protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. In a video message on Friday, Modi said abuse could never solve any problem and urged society to guide young people he described as misled back onto the right path.

The demonstration, led by the “Kakroach Janata Party,” was held on July 23 over allegations of question-paper leaks. Modi said the incident had been seen across India and the world, and that some confused youths used language unacceptable in a civilized society. He said he did not support anger or retaliation and argued that young people should be given an opportunity to learn from mistakes.

A zero FIR was registered against a 25-year-old woman at Noida’s Expressway police station under provisions related to provoking a breach of peace, provocative public remarks and defamation. The investigation was later transferred to Delhi’s Parliament Street police station. Party spokesperson Saurabh Das condemned the language used but criticized applying state criminal laws and police action against protesters over speech.

US President’s special envoy Sergio Gor began a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at about 9:15am on Saturday, according to a report published on August 1. The source did not specify the venue or agenda of the meeting.

Gor arrived in Dhaka on July 30 for a three-day visit and met Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman. On July 31, he visited Cox’s Bazar to observe the humanitarian situation of Rohingya refugees, international assistance activities and camp management.

After visiting the camps, Gor, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen and other delegation members met officials including the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner in Ukhiya. Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said the United States has been the largest donor since the Rohingya crisis began. He said the delegation’s visit was intended to see how US grants are used for Rohingya assistance, and that its members expressed satisfaction with Bangladesh’s overall management. Rohingya refugees also demanded repatriation with dignity and security under UN and international supervision.

India’s parliamentary standing committee on external affairs has said fugitive Sheikh Hasina, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, has not been allowed to conduct political activities from Indian territory. Its latest Bangladesh-related report said Dhaka’s request for her extradition is being examined by relevant authorities under applicable laws and established procedures. The committee, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, said the government had taken note of the request after the court issued the sentence in absentia.

The report described Hasina’s presence in India as being considered under the country’s humanitarian tradition of sheltering people facing grave distress or an existential crisis. It said India does not permit anyone to use its territory for political activity against another country, and urged the government to maintain a principled and humanitarian approach consistent with international obligations.

The committee also recommended renewing the Ganges water-sharing treaty, pursuing a fair Teesta agreement and gradually restoring full visa services when conditions normalize. It raised concerns over China’s economic, infrastructure and strategic engagement in Bangladesh, advising the government to closely monitor foreign powers’ activities. The report further stressed completing priority development projects under India’s line of credit on time.

US President Donald Trump said the United States will continue stronger and harsher attacks on Iranian military targets, declaring that Washington’s central objective is to win the war. Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland on Friday local time, Trump said Iran would never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.

Trump said the United States was in a strong position and was trying to remain as restrained as possible, while Iran was becoming severely weakened. He rejected claims that Iran remained militarily strong and said reaching an agreement with Tehran was difficult. Comparing the current crisis with the long US conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan, he claimed that five months of operations had completely destroyed Iran’s military capability.

Trump also voiced deepening distrust of ongoing indirect and direct talks with Iran, saying Tehran lies. He said Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth informed him that Iran had fired five missiles at a US military base in Jordan while he was awaiting a call from special envoy Steve Witkoff. The report said US operations followed Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran reported retaliatory attacks on US bases in Jordan and the Gulf region.