, June 30 -- day-long extensive programme titled 'July-August Uprising: Mourning and Victory Observance' will begin on Tuesday with a discussion meeting at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.

The programme is scheduled to start at 3pm, with participation from various political parties and families of those who were martyred or injured during last year's mass uprising and the democratic movement, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the party's discipline committee-formed to ensure the success of the party's programmes-at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, Rizvi said the discussion meeting would serve as the inaugural event of their 36-day obser...