BMU Vice- Chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam. File Photo

DHAKA, July 24, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) Vice-
Chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam today said a discrimination free and 
just society and state must be established in the spirit of the July 
Uprising.

He said this at a video documentary exhibition and discussion titled 'July 
Uprising 2024: BMU, a witness of time' on the contribution of students, 
public, doctors, nurses and health workers to the anti-fascist movement and 
the 2024 mass uprising at the university's Shaheed Dr Milon Hall this 
morning.

Medical Education and Family Welfare Division Secretary Dr Md Sarwar Bari 
spoke as the guest of honor. 

BMU Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Professor Dr Md Abul Kalam Azad, 
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Development) Professor Dr Md Mujibur Rahman 
Howlader, Treasurer Professor Dr Nahrin Akhtar, Director (Planning and 
Development) Dr Erfanul Haque Siddiqui, July Uprising Day Celebration 
Steering Committee Member Dr Md Ruhul Quddus Biplob also spoke.

Dr Sakhawat Hossain Sayant, President of the Documentary and Film Exhibition 
Committee and Dean of BMU, delivered the welcome speech.

BMU Registrar Professor Dr Md Nazrul Islam moderated the programme while 
Chief Estate Officer Dr Md Ehteshamul Haque Tuhin, Shaheed Dr Sajeeb Sarkar's 
father Md Halim Sarkar, BMU Assistant Proctor Dr Md Adnan Hasan Masud and 
Nursing Superintendent Rashida Begum also spoke.

Dr Md Sarwar Bari said the medical community has made an outstanding 
contribution to every movement and struggle. Despite various obstacles in the 
July Uprising, doctors provided services to the injured and made the July 
Uprising a success by actively participating.

He said that the process of publishing the complete list of martyrs and 
injured in the July Uprising is also underway. A total of 12,000 cards have 
already been distributed so that the injured can receive free medical care, 
he added.

The secretary said 75 people have received medical care from abroad, 
currently 40 are undergoing treatment abroad and the process of sending few 
more injured abroad for better treatment in the future is under process.