Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho

Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho (17 September 1998 – 18 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student and active activist in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. He also worked as a freelancer. He was shot and killed while distributing food, water and biscuits during the agitation. Mugdho's death is remembered as an important event in the quota reform movement.

Quote

• Brother, does anyone need water, water?
  • 18 July 2024, while distributing free water and biscuits to students 15 minutes before he was shot dead by the police at a protest in Dhaka.[1] [2] [3]
• A few words for Jamaat-Shibir, Chhatra Dal- 'Don't enter the student movement and turn the student movement into a political party movement. If you had courage, you would have come earlier, don't spoil the purpose of this movement by acting like an opportunist, don't make us know your caste. If you are a student, come as a student. Our movement needs students, not target achieving leader.
  • 18 July 2024, same day Facebook post[4]

Quotes about

• ...the question for both of you, however, do you need water? Here, there is a bottle of water. Does anyone need water? water? Yes, there is such a bottle. "Mugdho" left many bottles of water for us. That water is here too.... (speechless for a few seconds then normal again in a heavy voice)... August is our month of mourning... Before August, we would have to mourn in July like this... (crying)..[that] We never thought... Some time ago I told you about an incident,.. You heard, I hope you will tell this incident to the Honorable Prime Minister, [that] what happened to a student... (crying).. Please don't think, viewers, I've come up with a plan, I'm crying to get more views, please don't think... I'm an anchor,.. um.. ah.. I'm not supposed to be emotional right now... I'm going to the main program... (in normal voice) today, again and again I'm remembering Bangabandhu (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Sheikh Hasina),.. Bangabandhu said, and if one more bullet goes on, and if one more of my people is killed, he yelled/roared at/threatened the Pakistani dictator....(crying) today if there was Bangabandhu alive, could that ever happen?...
  • Roksana Anjuman Nicol, 1 August 2024, host of Jamuna TV, on Rajniti (the politics) talk show [5] [6] [7]
• It's with a heavy heart that we've learned of a loss in our Fiverr family. Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho passed away last week leaving his parents and two brothers behind. Mir was a talented marketer who built a successful business on Fiverr through his expertise in SEO and social media. More than that, he was an avid traveler, a talented footballer, a Bangladesh Scout, and a true humanitarian."
  • Fiverr Authority, 31 July 2024 This status is provided by Fiverr's verified Facebook page. [8]
• I can't sleep when I read the story of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho. The boy who went to the movement to give biscuits and water. He was saying before he died, "does anyone need water? does anyone need water?" In this situation, he was shot in the head and killed.
  • Asif Nazrul, 31 July 2024, professor [9]
• Our brothers, friends who are dying, died—if you are a healthy normal person, you cannot sleep at night. I still have the ringing in my ears of 'anyone need some water?' We will not be able to sleep peacefully as long as it is on our mind.
  • Siam Ahmed, 1 August 2024, Bangladeshi actor [10]
• (Heroes like) Abu Sayed and Mugdho never die. They live in our hearts, from generation to generation….'
  • Tanzim Hasan Sakib 5 August 2024 A wrote in a Facebook post commemorating Abu Saeed and Mugdho [11]