DHAKA, Sept 12, 2024 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam today informed that the memorial meeting to honour the martyrs of the recent student-people mass upsurge, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed.

A new date will be announced later, he told reporters at a press briefing held at the Secretariat today.

The health ministry has confirmed a list of 728 martyrs, with 20,263 injured people during the movement, he said.

Earlier on Tuesday, the government had set September 14 as the date for the memorial.

Families of the martyrs and students, who participated in the movement, were expected to attend the memorial.