Ban on political activities of AL, allies sought
Three key coordinators of the Students Movement Against Discrimination on Sunday filed two writ petitions seeking ban on political activities of the Awami League and its 10 allies...
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867 students still in 10 CMHs
At least 867 students, who were injured during protests led by the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July and August, are still undergoing treatment at 10 combined military hospitals.
Students to sell essential commodities in Khulna today
Members of anti-discrimination students鈥� movement will sell vegetables and essential commodities at fair price in Khulna city from Sunday aimed at breaking syndicate and restoring comfort among the common people...
Protests staged for Cox鈥檚 Bazar judge withdrawal
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, the platform that spearheaded the student-led mass uprising, demanded withdrawal of the judge protesting at bail of the Awami League leaders...
Students confines Mymensingh board officials again
A group of students who failed in this year鈥檚 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations on Tuesday again confined employees of the Mymensingh education board for...
Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination announces new committee
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, the platform that headed student-led uprising, on Tuesday announced a new central committee.
Students stage demo in Dhaka demanding Bangladesh president鈥檚 resignation, ban on BCL
Students demanded the resignation of Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin over his controversial remarks regarding the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister at a demonstration programme held at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Improvement of mental health stressed
Educationists and education activists at an exchange of views in Dhaka on Sunday said that all stakeholders should work together to improve the mental health of the primary students...
July Smriti Foundation distributes donation among injured
July Shaheed Smriti Foundation on Sunday distributed financial assistances among the people, who were injured during the students-people mass uprising.
Individual and collective psychological healing
RECENT reports from Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagarik Committee reveal a staggering toll of 1,581 deaths during the student-led uprising from July 16 to August 5 in...
Restoring dignity of students
THE saying 鈥榓 bad apple spoils the whole barrel鈥� perhaps applies to any group of people. This means that, in certain circumstances, it takes only one or a few elements to ruin the reputation of an entire community...
Students, family want justice
Students, family members, and well-wishers of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology鈥檚 slain student Abrar Fahad on Monday urged the government to ensure...
Students for Sovereignty protests at sectarian violence in CHT
Students for Sovereignty, a student organisation of Dhaka University, on Friday protested at spreading sectarian violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Role of students, masses in state reconstruction
HILE many may not agree to label the July-August uprising as a revolution, I view it as a potentially revolutionary mass movement. However, after the fall of the Hasina government on...
Body positive about age limit extension
The committee appointed to review the age limit for entry into the civil service jobs has expressed positive views about raising the limit as demanded by a section of students...
JU students besiege admin building for classroom crisis
A group of students of the law and justice department of Jahangirnagar University laid siege to the administrative building of the university on Tuesday, demanding an end to the severe classroom crisis.
JU students demand punishment of teacher
Jahangirnagar University environmental sciences department students on Sunday staged a sit-in in front of the department, demanding punishment for a teacher of the department, Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, who is alleged to have sexually harassed several female students of the department...
Govt urged to form commissions over killings
Rights activists, lawyers and politicians on Saturday urged the interim government to form separate commissions to investigate the BDR Mutiny carnage in 2009, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh rally in 2013 and students-led mass uprising in July-August this year...
Justice demanded for attacks on female students
A group of female students staged a protest rally, demanding justice for those directly and indirectly involved in the attacks on female students during the recent Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, at the...
Relatives of 43 disappeared Mexican students demand justice
Relatives of 43 Mexican students presumed to have been massacred will take to the streets on Thursday for an emotionally charged protest marking the 10th anniversary of a...
Primary textbooks to be distributed timely: Salehuddin
Adviser for the ministries of finance and commerce Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday affirmed that the government would ensure distribution of free textbooks among primary students in due time.
DU forms body on demands for DUCSU, outsider-free campus
The authorities of Dhaka University on Saturday formed a committee to evaluate different demands of the students, including activation of the central students鈥� union by banning partisan politics, a campus free from outsiders, and actions against those involved in attacking students during the mass uprising...
University authorities should address seat crisis in halls
SEAT crisis in residential halls in public universities has been a persistent problem, with 60 per cent of students having no access to residential facilities. The halls of residence had, moreover, been under the control of ruling party student organisation that used to run seat trade and allocate them in exchange for partisan loyalty. Leaders and activists of the...
DU students demand accommodation in halls
A group of female Students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday noon held a silent human chain demanding complete residential accommodation, ensuring that every student is provided a seat in the halls...
DU students demand seats in dorms
A group of female students of Dhaka University held a silent human chain amid rain demanding seats in dormitories on Sunday noon.
RAB arrests Liton Akand from Jatrabari over attack on students
RAB-3 has arrested Liton Akand and his two associates from Jatrabari in Dhaka for their involvement in attacks on students and the public during the recent student-led mass uprising.
Our universities: testimony of an insider
RESUMING teaching after my doctoral degree, I soon found myself in a new situation. One of the formidable aspects of this newness was, of course, the big class sizes I was having to deal with. In the academic department where I have worked in the past many years, I have usually taught a class size of around 25鈥�40 students. When I first began...
Switzerland to cooperate in repatriating illegal assets of Bangladesh nationals
Switzerland pledged to fully cooperate in repatriating illegal money deposited by Bangladeshi nationals in Swiss banks, in accordance with international standards and procedures...
NUB unveils memorial plaque for student movement martyr Asif
The Northern University of Bangladesh has unveiled a memorial plaque on its campus in Dhaka paying tribute to its student Mohammad Asif Hasan killed in the recent Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination...
Dozens injured as students of Dhaka College, Ideal College clash
The students of Dhaka College and Ideal College on Tuesday locked in a clash in the Science Laboratory area leaving around 80 students and two teachers injured.