Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus handed over scholarship's cheques among NU students at his office on Tuesday. Photo: PID

DHAKA, July 1, 2025 (BSS) - The National University (NU) has decided to offer 
'July Shaheed Smrity Scholarship' every year to its students in recognition 
of their significant role during the July uprising.

Under the scholarship, the graduate, post graduate students with special 
needs, marginal and deprived meritorious students of different colleges and 
Institutes under the NU will get the lump sum assistance.

After inaugurating the month-long programme to mark the anniversary of the 
mass uprising, Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus handed over the 
scholarship's cheques among three NU students at his office here on Tuesday.

A total of 2,040 students of 725 institutes will get the scholarship this 
year as the National University is the custodian organisation of 40 lakh 
students and nearly 2,250 colleges across the country.

At least 32 students of the National University have been martyred during the 
July uprising.

The students who have taken scholarship are Habiba Akhter, a student of 
Siddheswari Girls' College, SM Abu Taleb, a student of Tejgaon Government 
College and Khandoker Mahmudul Hasan, a student of Dhaka Commerce College.

Taking part in the programme, Education Adviser Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar said 
the youth of the country had introduced a glorious episode in the history of 
the country one year ago.

Due to that historical uprising, the whole nation again turned to a rights 
holder citizen from deprived people, he said.

Describing the activities of the immediate past government, the education 
adviser said that the ousted Awami League (AL) had done farce in the name of 
the elections one after another. 

Even they [the AL-led government] have committed anti-humanitarian crimes by 
using state and party cadres aiming at reining the movement organised by the 
students and people at the last stage, he continued.
 
He said, "It is difficult to bring the members and associates of the ousted 
government to work, but we have started the necessary jobs in this regard."

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the university Prof Dr ASM Amanullah, Pro-VC Prof Dr 
M Lutfar Rahman and Treasurer Prof Dr ATM Jafrul Azam were also present at 
the cheque-distribution ceremony.