graffiti

‘July memories’ shrouded by advertisements

Graffiti tributes to the July Mass Uprising were painted on the Kalshi Flyover. However, they have since been covered over by political posters and advertisements. After some of the posters were removed, the artworks are partially visible now.

Posters begin to cover up July Uprising images

Images of the 2024 July Uprising decorate many roads, poles, and walls in Dhaka. After a student-led movement toppled the Awami League, graffiti celebrating the mass uprising became a common sight across the capital. Several months into 2025, posters and advertisements have begun covering up the vibrant images. The graffiti on the pillars of the Mouchak-Moghbazar Flyover are particularly vulnerable to this erasure.

DU walls become a graffiti ‘gallery’

The appearance of the walls in Dhaka is also changing along with the change in the government in the wake of the recent student movement against discrimination. Graffiti is being painted with messages of protest, patriotism, equality, and kinship by the protesting students on the walls across the capital, including Dhaka University’s TSC, Fuller Road and other areas on the campus.

The days of protest in graffiti

Protesters capture scenes from the quota reform movement to the intense struggle for the fall of the government in graffiti on the walls of Dhaka University.

World Cup frenzy in graffiti

Football WC daubed across Dhaka walls