Dhaka, July 4 -- The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DHSE) has ordered all public and private schools and colleges across Bangladesh to observe Aug 5 as "July Uprising Day" and Jul 16 as "July Martyrs Day".

The directive was issued Thursday, following a government decision to officially mark the two dates every year.

Aug 5 will be observed as a public holiday to commemorate the fall of the Awami League government during the student-led mass uprising.

The day has been classified as a "Category A" national observance.

Jul 16 has been designated as a "Category B" observance -- to honour Abu Sayed, an English department student at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, who was shot dead by police during the quota reform protes...