Information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Thursday informed that the memorial meeting to honour the martyrs of the recent student-people mass upsurge, scheduled for Saturday, had been postponed.
鈥楢 new date will be announced later,鈥� he told reporters at a press briefing at secretariat.
The health ministry confirmed a list of 728 martyrs, with 20,263 injured people during the movement, Nahid said.
On Tuesday, the government had set September 14 as the date for the memorial. Families of the martyrs and students, who participated in the movement, were expected to attend the memorial.
Meanwhile, the government formed July Martyrs鈥� Memorial Foundation to provide support for the families of martyrs and those injured during the students-led mass uprising.
鈥楥hief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus has been appointed as the president of the foundation,鈥� labour and employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain told a press briefing at foreign service academy in the evening.
The press briefing was held after a meeting of the council of advisers.
Asif said that Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho, brother of the deceased student protester Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, had been made general secretary of the foundation.
Other office bearers of the seven-member executive body of the foundation are treasurer Kazi Waqar Ahmad, office secretary Md Nahid Islam and executive members Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Nurjahan Begum and Sharmin S Murshid.
Asif said that July Martyrs鈥� Memorial Foundation would remain operational through the seven-member standing committee and 14 more general members would be included to the foundation.
鈥楾he foundation will conduct activities to support the families of the martyrs and the injured in the future, while long-term treatment for those injured in the student-led revolution will be ensured too鈥�, he said.
Adviser for environment, forest and climate change Syeda Rizwana Hasan and chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam also spoke at the press briefing.