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Medical interns, students call off strike

The week-long strike, which involved work abstention by interns and a boycott of academic activities by students of public and private medical colleges, was called off on Sunday...

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Inclusive politics is not about making rhetorical claims

JULY uprising student leaders on February 28 launched a political party, the National Citizen Party, with the aspirations of establishing a second republic. Coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination platform, formed seeking reforms in public service job reservations, and members of the National Citizens’ Committee, another platform formed after the fall of the...

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IUPC draws students from 60 universities at AUST

The MTB Presents AUST Inter-University Programming Contest (IUPC) 2025 was held after three years, drawing 131 teams from over 60 universities to Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, said a press release...

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RUCSU election in June: RU authorities

The Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union election is scheduled to take place at the end of June this year, according to a press release issued by the university on Thursday...

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None arrested over KUET clash yet

The police could not arrest anyone till Thursday night in connection with a series of clash between activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology campus and in adjacent areas on Tuesday...

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Medical college students block road in Barishal

A section of students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal blocked a road in front of their college for about an hour on Thursday demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers...

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Shibir cuts tendon of MC College student

Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, allegedly cut off tendons of a leg of an activist of Students Against Discrimination of Murari Chand College in Sylhet on Wednesday night over a Facebook post...

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Democratic legacy of student politics should be restored

THE decision of the Khulna University of Science and Technology to uphold the ban on student politics amid clashes allegedly between Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and the Students Against Discrimination appears shortsighted and it carries the risk of curtailing students’ right to organise on campus. The clashes took place...

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Violence should have no place in student politics

THE clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July-August uprising that toppled the Awami League government, at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on February 18 is shocking. The clash, which reportedly broke out over an altercation...

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KUET CLASH: Student politics remains banned

The authorities of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday upheld its previous decision to ban student politics on the campus amid a tense situation over Tuesday’s clash between Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination...

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Autocracy Resistance Day today

Different student organisations will observe Autocracy Resistance Day today recalling the student uprising in 1983 that forced the then government to cancel Mazid Khan Education Commission report and forged unity among political, social and student organisations against the then military rule of Hussein Muhammad Ershad...

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Students besiege Naogaon Sadar Hospital over irregularities

Hundreds of students under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement laid siege to the Naogaon 250-bed General Sadar Hospital on Tuesday, protesting against alleged irregularities, corruption and mismanagement.

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Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum

Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students’ Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...

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Students block highway in Sirajganj 

A group of students linked to the Students’ Against Discrimination blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi-Rangpur highway, protesting at not being included in the newly formed Sirajganj district committee of the platform, in Sirajganj on Monday...

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12 injured as students of 2 colleges clash

At least 12 students were hurt as students of Ideal College and Dhaka City College clashed in the Science Laboratory area in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon over allegations of stabbing an Ideal College student...

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GAZIPUR ATTACK: Protests spread, OC withdrawn

Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination and political platform Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Saturday held protest rallies and processions over the Friday night attack on students, leaving 15 people injured in Gazipur.

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SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters

A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening’s detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital’s Uttara...

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Attacks on police show public order failure

A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...

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AIUB holds educational field trip for MPH students

The American International University-Bangladesh has recently organised an interactive educational field visit for its master’s of public health students to enhance their practical understanding of occupational health practices, said a press release on Tuesday...