Abhijit Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he should become an influencer rather than remain prime minister. Speaking to journalists in his hometown in Maharashtra on July 30, 2026, Dipke also warned of a larger nationwide movement if FIRs filed against students are not withdrawn.

Dipke’s remarks followed several Instagram videos posted by Modi for young people. He said that if Modi is such a good influencer, he should leave the prime minister’s chair and allow someone else to do the country’s work. The report also cited Congress parliamentarian Priyanka Gandhi’s earlier parliamentary comments that changing camera angles would not win Gen Z support and that the prime minister needed to change his perspective.

The CJP founder also spoke against the recently passed anti-question-paper-leak bill in the Lok Sabha. He argued that passing laws alone would not solve the problem unless they were properly implemented. Referring to a fast-track court announced by the prime minister, Dipke alleged that its first hearing was postponed because a CBI lawyer was absent, questioning the value of announcements without effective follow-through.

The government has appointed 86 deputy attorneys general and 179 assistant attorneys general. A notification on the appointments was issued on Thursday by the Solicitor Wing of the Ministry of Law, according to a report published by Amar Desh Online.

The report refers to two separate lists of appointees, identified as List 1 and List 2. It directs readers to links for viewing those lists, but does not provide the names of the appointees or further details about them in the text.

The report was published on July 30, 2026, at 17:41 and updated at 17:49. It states that further details are forthcoming. No information was provided on when the appointees would assume their duties, the terms of their appointments, or any additional administrative steps beyond the issuance of the notification.

Bangladesh’s Public Works Department has transferred and assigned 767 civil sub-assistant engineers through a lottery for the first time, aiming to ensure transparency, accountability, dynamism in government development work and orderly human-resource management. The lottery was held Thursday at the conference room of Purta Bhaban in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, to determine work locations and branches for engineers across the country’s eight divisions. Housing and Public Works Ministry Additional Secretary Md Sarwar Alam supervised and coordinated the process.

Under the results, 317 engineers were assigned to offices in Dhaka division, 73 to Rajshahi, 133 to Chattogram, 74 to Khulna, 44 to Barishal, 33 to Sylhet, 29 to Mymensingh and 64 to Rangpur. The engineers were posted to different branches at the department’s headquarters, divisional offices and executive engineers’ offices at district level.

Sarwar Alam said the lottery-based process would ensure transparency, neutrality and accountability while introducing an effective, modern and acceptable method of human-resource management. Additional Chief Engineer Kazi Md Firoz Hasan said the first such initiative would help build trust, equality and transparency among engineers. The department plans to complete lottery-based transfers for sub-assistant engineers in its electromechanical branch next week.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan urged people to prevent anyone from using the spirit and achievements of the July mass uprising for personal or political gain. He made the appeal on Thursday while chairing a publication launch, photography exhibition and discussion marking July Martyrs’ Day 2026 at the DFP auditorium.

Swapan said people have historically been inspired by the spirit of independence to resist injustice and oppression when those forces have increased in society. He called for collective work to establish justice, democracy and human values while carrying the ideals of July. He also urged that the July spirit not be “sold” in the way he alleged the Awami League had sold the spirit of the Liberation War.

The minister said the enduring spirit of the independence war lies within the spirit of sacrifice of July, and that the Liberation War’s contribution to Bangladesh’s political process cannot be forgotten. He said the public had succeeded in an anti-fascist movement with the anti-discrimination student movement at its forefront and that work to build the country was now under way. Guests inaugurated a July Martyrs’ Day publication and visited the photography exhibition.

National Citizen Party (NCP) northern region chief organiser Sarzis Alam alleged that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s silence over repeated attacks on NCP demonstrates its direct or indirect support for those incidents. He made the allegation at a discussion with family members of July uprising martyrs at Golapganj municipality auditorium in Sylhet on July 30. Alam said BNP wanted to silence NCP and called on BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to clearly state whether NCP would be allowed to speak politically.

Alam said NCP would determine its political strategy if no clear position was given. He urged an end to what he described as a political culture of attacking from behind, saying NCP would strongly resist BNP if it followed the authoritarian political culture he attributed to the Awami League in the past. Referring to a past remark by former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, he also warned against creating militants through Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

Alam called for ensuring the rights, dignity and government benefits of families of seven July uprising martyrs from Golapganj. He alleged that such families were not properly included in government martyr day events and often failed to receive effective solutions when approaching district commissioners or superintendents of police.

Authorities tightened security in six upazilas of Sylhet over the National Citizen Party’s pre-announced “July March” programme on July 30. District Commissioner Abdullah Al Mamun said five platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel had been deployed, while additional police were also on duty to maintain control of the situation.

Security was reinforced in Kanaighat, Golapganj, Osmaninagar, Companiganj, Gowainghat and Jaintapur, six of Sylhet’s 13 upazilas. The measures follow allegations that Chhatra Dal activists attacked an NCP march in Habiganj on Tuesday. NCP chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary, northern region chief organiser Sarjis Alam and several other party activists were injured, according to the report.

After NCP called a protest rally on Wednesday, Chhatra Dal announced a rally at the same venue. The administration imposed Section 144 over concerns of deteriorating law and order, and police stopped NCP convener Nahid Islam and central leaders from travelling to Habiganj; they later returned from Bahubal to Moulvibazar. NCP filed a complaint naming 11 people and accusing another 100 unidentified individuals. It plans marches in three more upazilas on Friday.

Law Minister Md. Asaduzzaman said Bangladesh is working to strengthen alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, to reduce court case backlogs. He spoke on July 30 at the Secretariat during the signing of two separate memorandums of understanding between the Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Directorate and the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, or BLAST, and BRAC’s Social Empowerment and Legal Protection programme. He said the partnerships would curb new case filings and provide faster, effective services to justice seekers.

The minister said legal aid activities began in Bangladesh through an administrative order in 1994 and gained an institutional basis through legislation in 2000. He said the government alone cannot resolve case backlogs and needs the experience of organisations working with marginalised communities and mediation. A recent review found that new cases under certain laws in 20 districts fell by more than 62 percent from March to May 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier.

Under the BLAST agreement, court paralegals will be appointed on a pilot basis in Dhaka, Gazipur and Chattogram to provide legal support to workers. The BRAC agreement covers mediator training, certification, legal recognition of successful mediations, reports for failed mediations and joint monitoring. The government is also considering amendments to the Transfer of Property Act.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon, July 30, for a three-day visit. The report said this is Gor’s first visit to Bangladesh. Diplomatic circles view the trip as an important step in assessing the direction of Bangladesh’s foreign policy.

Gor is scheduled to meet Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman in the evening at the state guest house Padma. The planned meeting is among the formal engagements listed for the envoy’s visit to Dhaka.

Later that night, Gor is expected to meet the finance minister at the US ambassador’s residence. The report provided no further details on the agenda of the meetings, additional visit programmes, or any expected outcomes from the discussions.

Dr Mir Hossain Mithu of Chandpur Medical College has faced criticism after referring to July fighters as “so-called revolutionaries” in a Facebook post. The doctor, from Ichapur village in Burichang upazila of Cumilla, made the post from his personal Facebook account at around 10pm on Wednesday. In it, he compared a newborn’s cry announcing its arrival in the world with alleged revolutionaries using abusive language to announce that they had come to become leaders.

Fakhrul Islam Mithu, an active worker in the Cumilla July movement and former president of the metropolitan Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, said a government official should not rebuke July revolutionaries. He called on the Health Ministry to take necessary action. Golam Samdani, convener of the Cumilla metropolitan Inqilab Mancha, described the comment as inappropriate and said action should be taken against those disrespecting the July movement.

Responding to the criticism, Dr Mithu said his post was not aimed at everyone. He said it targeted some “so-called July revolutionaries” who engage in unnecessary shouting. The report also said an investigation committee was formed after allegations in June 2025 that a government jeep was used for personal or unauthorized purposes; its findings have not been published.

With less than three months until Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to demonstrate US President Donald Trump’s full support and the strength of US-Israel ties. Netanyahu used a Washington visit following the death earlier this month of US Senator Lindsey Graham to meet Trump privately at the White House for 90 minutes. The report says the meeting also exposed existing discomfort and psychological distance between the two leaders.

While the White House called the discussion positive and constructive, Trump’s recent remarks suggested differences over Iran. He said Netanyahu wanted the United States to remain involved in war, while Trump may no longer want that. Responding to Israeli objections to possible US F-35 sales to Turkey, Trump said no one could tell him what the United States should sell. Analysts cited in the report say Netanyahu is again emphasizing Iran’s nuclear threat amid a lack of visible achievements on Gaza and Lebanon.

Protesters carrying Palestinian flags demonstrated during Netanyahu’s Washington stay and called him a war criminal as his convoy passed. An Economist-YouGov poll found 49 percent of respondents supported his arrest, while separate YouGov and CBS News polls found 67 percent of Americans wanted the war against Iran stopped immediately. Netanyahu is expected to return to Washington in September for the UN General Assembly.

In an opinion column published by Amar Desh on July 30, 2026, Minar Rashid questions whether Sheikh Hasina can return to Bangladesh before December. The writer argues that, despite campaigning and speculation around a possible return, such an outcome is unrealistic under the current political circumstances. The column makes strongly critical assertions about Hasina's departure and the situation of Awami League leaders and activists.

The article examines four possible routes for a return: a new mass uprising leading to a change of power, political maneuvering between the government and opposition, foreign military intervention, and surrendering to the courts for a legal battle. The writer assesses strategic cooperation between the Awami League and BNP, Jamaat or NCP as highly unlikely. Indian military intervention is also described as having very limited prospects.

The columnist describes surrender before the courts as the comparatively most realistic route, but argues that Hasina would not choose it because of alleged accusations and possible legal consequences. The article also calls for a proper investigation and action over an attack in Habiganj on Sarjis Alam and Nasiruddin Patwary.

Amar Desh reported allegations that then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered hospitals to deny treatment and discharge to people injured during the July 2024 student movement. The report said Hasina visited several hospitals between July 27 and 30, including Pangu Hospital and Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, where she allegedly told doctors: “No treatment, no release.”

According to the report, the then chief prosecutor disclosed the allegation on February 23 last year at the International Crimes Tribunal prosecution office after a hearing. He said injured patients, relatives and on-duty doctors had acknowledged the alleged instruction, and that the prosecution held supporting information and evidence. The report characterized the alleged actions as crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The report also alleged irregularities involving death certificates and burials of those killed during July and August. It said at least 10,000 people were arrested nationwide, while 264 cases were filed in Dhaka. Courts sent 134 people to jail and granted remand for 17 others in cases over alleged attacks, vandalism and sabotage at key sites in the capital.

Bangladesh’s National Citizens Party, or NCP, alleged that a vehicle carrying its chief organizer for the northern region, Sarjis Alam, was attacked in Golapganj, Sylhet, on Thursday. NCP convener and parliamentary opposition chief whip Nahid Islam said in a Facebook post that the incident occurred while Alam was returning to Sylhet after meeting families of martyrs in Golapganj. Alam also alleged an attack and vandalism of the vehicle on social media.

Nahid accused what he called a BNP “terrorist force” of carrying out the attack. Alam said there was an initial attack in Golapganj and a second attack at Panch Mile Bazar in Sylhet, blaming BNP activists. He also addressed a question to Tarique Rahman in his post. The report did not include an immediate BNP response to the latest allegations.

Sylhet police said stones were thrown at Alam’s vehicle after a program in Golapganj as it headed toward Kanaighat. The vehicle’s glass was broken, but nobody was injured, police said. On Tuesday, NCP had alleged that local BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders and activists attacked its march in Habiganj; BNP leaders denied that earlier allegation.

Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said former prime minister Sheikh Hasina would be arrested if she enters Bangladesh’s territory. He made the statement on Thursday morning while answering journalists’ questions at a memorandum of understanding signing event in the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry conference room.

Responding to questions about Hasina’s possible return, raised after a recent interview, the minister said the government was taking necessary measures regarding whether the Foreign Ministry was pursuing extradition efforts. How she would return was her own matter, he said, but legal action would be taken under Bangladeshi law once she came within the country’s legal jurisdiction.

The minister also said there had been no formal government discussion yet on a presidential election. Under Article 123(2) of the Constitution, a new president must be elected within 90 days of a vacancy, he said. He added that the government did not currently see a need for a special parliamentary session, though one could be called if necessary. He said Human Rights Watch observations or allegations would be considered and examined. The legal aid directorate also signed memorandums with BLAST and BRAC’s SELP.

Authorities have withdrawn Section 144 restrictions in Habiganj municipality after determining that the overall law-and-order situation had returned to normal. The order was signed on Thursday by District Commissioner and District Magistrate Dr. M A Sarfaraz. With the withdrawal, restrictions on public gatherings, including meetings and rallies, are no longer in force in the municipal area.

The restrictions were imposed on Wednesday morning following clashes in Habiganj town on July 28 between activists of the National Citizen Party, or NCP, and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal over the “July Jagaran Padayatra.” Several people from both sides were injured in the confrontation.

The district administration had imposed the order amid fears of further conflict after the NCP and the BNP, along with its affiliated organizations, announced programmes at the same time and venue. During the restrictions, meetings, rallies, processions, marches and public gatherings were prohibited. Additional police, army personnel and other law-enforcement forces were deployed to strengthen security in the municipal area.