The students of polytechnic institutes across the country kept their respective institutions locked for the second day on Wednesday under an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
THE acceleration of digital learning tools has unlocked new opportunities for students, but it has also introduced fresh challenges, particularly concerning mental health. As universities embrace technology, the task of balancing students鈥� learning needs with their well-being has never been more critical. Bangladesh鈥檚 educational landscape has undergone significant...
At least four people were injured as two groups of Students Against Discrimination leaders and activists clashed during a National Citizen Party rally in Bogura on Wednesday.
The Detective Branch of the police on Tuesday arrested Rangamati additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...
The police detained three madrassah teachers in Fatikchari upazila of Chattogram on charges of raping a 12-year-old boy early Monday...
A group of Jagannath University students on Sunday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding reform of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
THE term 鈥榦pposition to inequality鈥� has re-emerged with striking political significance in the wake of the August student-popular uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. But this resurgence raises a pressing question: Is opposition to inequality merely a slogan to mobilise mass sentiment, or does it hold practical significance in dismantling the...
UNIVERSITY of Dhaka students demanding elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions in three to six months is a legitimate demand. The demand came once again through a survey that the advisory committee formed by the university administration conducted in March 23鈥揂pril 6. About 75 per cent of the respondents say that the authorities...
Tamzid Haider Chanchol, Shimul Kumbhkar and Rathindranath Bappy have been elected president, general secretary and organising secretary of the Bangladesh Students鈥� Union respectively...
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mohammad Mashud and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Sheikh Shariful Alam were removed from their posts on Friday night following prolonged student protests.
A three-day national convention of Bangladesh Students鈥� Union was inaugurated at Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday...
A group of Jagannath University students on Thursday staged a demonstration and burnt effigy of the university registrar demanding his immediate resignation following allegations of student harassment and administrative negligence...
Bangladesh Students鈥� Union will hold its 42nd national convention in Dhaka today...
Sunamganj Medical College students on Wednesday withdrew their protest programmes following assurances from the authorities that their two-point demand, including opening of the college hospital, would be met by December this year...
The Students of polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country held rallies in their respective areas as they continued their protests for the fifth day on Sunday to press home their six-point demand and protest at the attack on students in Cumilla...
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have so far not attended to grievances of the polytechnic students taking to the street to push for their six-point demand. The students have rallied for the past few days and the protests appear to be intensifying. The polytechnic students on April 20 threatened a long march to Dhaka from outlying areas if the government fails to...
Polytechnic students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country continued their protests on Saturday for the fourth day and staged demonstrations titled 鈥楻ISE in RED鈥� to press home their six-point demand...
A student of Primeasia University was stabbed to death during a clash with fellow students of the university on its campus in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on Saturday...
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully cancelling their visas, jeopardising their legal status in the country, court documents show...
The Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Wednesday demanded that the Dhaka University authorities announce a specific timeframe for Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections by May and hold an 鈥榓cceptable, participatory, and competitive鈥� election by June...
Local people in the Panchagarh municipal area on Wednesday beat up a coaching centre tutor and handed him over to police on allegation of sexually harassing a Class IX female student...
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology organised an introduction meeting for new undergraduate students of the 2024-25 academic year on Saturday...
A group of agitated students of the University of Chittagong locked the university鈥檚 main gate in the early hours of Tuesday, demanding justice after a fellow student was allegedly assaulted by locals near the campus...
Daffodil Foundation, a sister concern of Daffodil Group, organised a reunion on Tuesday for meritorious students from public universities on the Daffodil International School, Baburhat campus in Chandpur...
Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...
The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.
IN 2025, Bangladesh鈥檚 54th anniversary of Independence Day cannot be observed by bypassing the July 2024 movement. Some people may not endorse the epithet 鈥榮econd independence鈥�, the outcome of the student uprising that ended Hasina鈥檚 autocratic rule and created a 鈥榥ew鈥� Bangladesh. They may have a reason. It may be that they compare the second..
The Office of the Chief Prosecutor is set to file the first-ever formal charge with the International Crimes Tribunal after the Eid vacation in a case of crimes against humanity linked to the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024.
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
Students of different polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday boycotted examinations and blocked roads and railway tracks demanding abolition of the 30 per cent promotion quota for craft instructors in junior instructor positions...