Bangladesh, June 26 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has announced a 36-day programme running from 1 July to 5 August, demanding implementation of the public verdict expressed through the referendum and swift trials for killings related to the July uprising.
The programme was finalised at a meeting held Thursday morning at Jamaat-e-Islami's central office in Dhaka. Alliance coordinator and Jamaat assistant secretary general AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad briefed journalists at the same venue around 12:45pm.
Speaking at the briefing, Azad described the July-August 2024 mass
uprising as a united movement of students and citizens against discrimination, authoritarianism and what he called "fascist rule," saying more than 1,400 people lo...