Budget FY26Tk405.20cr proposed to help families of July martyrs, injured persons

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has proposed an allocation of Tk 405.20 crore in the national budget for FY 2025- 26 for the families of the martyrs and those who sustained injuries in the July Mass Uprising.

During his budget speech, the finance adviser said that the ‘July Mass Uprising Directorate’ has been established to preserve the history and memory of the July Mass Uprising, to rehabilitate the families of the martyrs and injured students and people and to establish the ideology and spirit of the Mass Uprising in the state and national life.

He said an initiative of converting Ganabhaban as ‘July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum’ is also underway.

A policy will soon be framed to provide allowances to the family members of July Mass Uprising martyrs and the wounded will be provided. Also, medical treatment facilities and rehabilitation programs will be offered to the wounded persons, he added.

Besides, an allocation of Tk 232.60 crore has been made in the budget for allowances, treatment, grants and rehabilitation for the families of the martyrs and injured in the July Mass Uprising, said the adviser.