The interim government has failed to complete lists of the people who died and became wounded in the July-August uprising a year after the event.
The uprising, which began as protests against civil service job reservations on July 1, 2024, toppled the authoritarian regime of the Awami League on August 5 that year.
The victims yet to be enlisted with the government, meanwhile, continue to suffer as they cannot get financial and other help from the government and other organisations without the official recognition.
The liberation war affairs adviser Faruk E Azam at a press conference at the secretariat on July 21 said that a list of 1,769 wounded individuals 鈥� 114 in Category A, 213 in B, and 1,442 in C 鈥� was pending verification.
As for list of martyrs, Zahirul Islam, deputy secretary at the liberation war affairs ministry, said on July 21 that they were working to identify 120 individuals buried anonymously in the Rayer Bazar graveyard in Dhaka during the uprising.
Two families have also claimed that their relatives were killed during the uprising.
He has, however, said that 鈥榯he investigation is going on to establish the claims. The task will take time.鈥�
The liberation war affairs ministry made a notification on 834 martyrs on January 15, followed by another notification on 10 more on June 30, taking the total to 844.
A United Nations Human Rights Office report, published in February, estimated that up to 1,400 people were killed and several thousand injured鈥攎ost of them reportedly shot by Bangladesh鈥檚 security forces鈥攂etween July 1 and August 15, 2024.
The government has recognised the people killed in the uprising as 鈥楯uly martyrs鈥� and the wounded as 鈥楯uly fighters鈥� in the Welfare and Rehabilitation of Families of Martyrs and July Fighters in the July Uprising Ordinance 2025.
The government has made an official notification, classifying 鈥楯uly fighters鈥� into three categories based on the severity of injury: 493 victims in Category A who were critically injured and have lost limbs, 908 victims in Category B victims who were severely injured but have not lost any limbs and 10,642 victims in Category C who were injured but can work.
Faruk E Azam at the July 21 press conference has said that each martyr鈥檚 family is entitled to a one-time grant of Tk 30 lakh in savings certificates, noting that Tk 77.20 crore was disbursed to 772 families in the 2024鈥�25 financial year.
The remaining 72 families would receive the grant after the resolution of inheritance issues. The remaining Tk 20 lakh each would be given to the families in the 2025鈥�26 financial year, he has said.
For the wounded, Category A people are entitled to Tk 5 lakh each, Category B Tk 3 lakh each and Category C Tk 1 lakh each.
The government has also introduced a monthly allowance, with Tk 20,000 each for Category A victims, Tk 15,000 for Category B victims and Tk 10,000 for Category C victims. The total monthly expenditure for the allowance would exceed Tk 14.67 crore.
The government asked the ministry on December 12, 2024 to oversee all administrative responsibilities for the welfare of uprising martyrs and the wounded.
The government on April 28 established the Directorate of July Mass Uprising to oversee the enlistment process, financial aid, medical support and rehabilitation.
