United News of Bangladesh

Sheikh Azizur Rahman, who survived a gunshot wound during the July 2024 mass uprising, on Thursday fulfilled a long-held wish by meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and presenting him with the blood-stained national flag he had used to stop the bleeding from his head after being shot. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat, said a release issued by the PM’s Press Wing. Azizur had long wished to hand the flag over to the Prime Minister. During the meeting, he presented the blood-stained flag that he had tied around his head to stop the bleeding after sustaining a gunshot wound. PM's Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon said the meeting was arranged after the Prime Minister came across a recent media report claiming that Azizur had not been recognised as a July movement fighter because of his affiliation with Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. Tarique Rahman then asked officials to look into the matter.