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DHAKA, Aug 2, 2025 (BSS) - A vibrant rally featuring 300 rickshaws adorned with graffiti portraying the 2024 July Uprising will be held in the capital tomorrow.

Organised by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the rally will begin at 3 pm. The rickshaws will parade in unison, starting from in front of the academy and moving through Moghbazar, Hatirjheel, and Madhubagh before returning to the Shilpakala Academy premises.

As part of the ongoing July Revival Programme, the first phase of the day's events will begin at 10 am with 50 rickshaws rallying from six different locations across the capital. These rickshaws will converge at the academy under the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

The rickshaws will be decorated with colorful elements including T-shirts, caps, flag bands, Bangladhol, placards, and traditional rickshaw-painting graffiti.

Rahima Begum, mother of July Shaheed Sohel, will inaugurate the rally.

Cultural Affairs Secretary Md Mofidur Rahman and Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman will attend the event as special guests.

The programme will be presided over by Secretary and Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Mohammad Wares Hossain.