Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday said that the work for constructing "July Smritystambha" has started in all the 64 districts of the country to commemorate the memories of the martyrs of July uprising.
The Adviser informed this at a press conference organised on the "July Gano Obbhutthan Punorjagaran Onusthanmala" held at Ganobhaban in the capital.
"Initiative has been taken to construct such Smritystambha to project the sacrifices of the July martyrs before the new generation. The construction work of the Smritistambha has started from Narayanganj today while such works will be completed in all districts by August 4," he added.
Adviser to the Ministries of Social Welfare as well as on Women and Children Affairs Sharmeen S Murshid informed that the Ministries have taken initiatives to prepare a full-fledged list of the female warriors of the July uprising.
