Bangladesh, July 20 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will formally inaugurate the July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum on 5 August, opening to the public a site that has spent more than a year under construction and speculation, a senior minister confirmed on Sunday.

The date carries deliberate symbolism: it marks the second anniversary of Sheikh Hasina's ouster, the event the museum was built to commemorate. "It will be opened on August 5.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate it," a senior minister close to the preparations said, putting to rest months of uncertainty over when the long-delayed facility would finally open.

The museum occupies Ganabhaban, the sprawling former official residence of the ousted prime minister in Dh...