The non-cooperation movement, also known as the one-point movement, was a disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The sole demand of this movement was the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet. It was the final stage of the wider movement known as the July Uprising. Although the movement was initially limited to the goal of reforming quotas in government jobs, it snowballed into a mass anti-government uprising after the mass killings of civilians. The movement was also fueled by ongoing socio-economic and political issues, including the government's mismanagement of the national economy, rampant corruption by government officials, human rights violations, allegations of undermining the country's sovereignty by Sheikh Hasina, and increasing authoritarianism and democratic backsliding.
On 3 August 2024, coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination announced a one-point demand for the resignation of the Prime Minister and her cabinet and called for "comprehensive non-cooperation". The following day, violent clashes broke out, resulting in the deaths of 97 people, including students. The coordinators called for a long march to Dhaka to force Hasina out of power on 5 August. That day, a large crowd of protesters made its way through the capital. At around 3:00 p.m. (UTC+6), Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. Widespread celebrations and violence occurred following her removal, while the military and President Mohammed Shahabuddin announced the formation of an Interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.
During the quota reform movement in 2024, participants particularly students faced resistance, mass arrests, and massacre and severe injuries at the hands of police and other security forces. Six coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination, who were leading the initial quota reform movement, were also detained and were forcefully made to announce the conclusion of the protests by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). These events and authoritarianism fuelled people's anger against the government. On the morning of 3 August, one of the movement coordinators, Asif Mahmud, stated in a Facebook post that they would start a "non-cooperation movement" against the government, saying that it would be similar to that of "Non-cooperation movement (1971)". In the afternoon, Prime Minister Hasina proposed talks with the protesters, saying that "The doors of Ganabhaban are open".
The Students Against Discrimination previously called for day-long protest programmes on 3 August. After day-long protests, students and ordinary people gathered at the central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka area with protest marches from different parts of Dhaka. At around 5:30 p.m., Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators, addressed the assembled crowd at Shaheed Minar and announced that the movement's exclusive demand was the resignation of Hasina and her cabinet. He also called for a comprehensive non-cooperation movement starting from 4 August and announced that they had no plans to negotiate with the government. He added that "we were forcefully offered to sit in talks with the Prime Minister. But we protested against this proposal by going on a hunger strike in DB custody."
Directions of non-cooperation were outlined by the Students Against Discrimination coordinators on 3 August:
No taxes or duties will be paid.
No bills, including electricity, gas, and water bills, will be paid.
All government and private institutions, offices, courts, and mills will remain closed; no one will go to work.
All educational institutions will remain closed.
Expatriates will not send remittance through banking channels.
All government meetings, seminars, and events will be boycotted.
Port workers will not attend work; no product will be processed.
All factories will remain closed; garment workers will not go to work.
Mass transportation will remain closed.
Banks will be open every Sunday only for urgent personal transactions.
Police will not perform protocol duty, riot duty, or any special duty other than routine duty. Only station police will perform routine work.
All offshore transactions will be halted to prevent any money from being smuggled out.
Forces other than the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Navy will not perform duty outside the cantonment. The BGB and the Navy will remain in barracks and coastal areas.