Four injured in factional clash over NCP rally in Bogura
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.
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Rethinking equality after the July uprising
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...
End to AL-made discriminatory energy system demanded
Speakers at an energy fest in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to ensure energy justice by ending discrimination embedded in the current power and energy system...
Ways that govt should walk to bolster women鈥檚 rights
THE recommendations that the women鈥檚 affairs reforms commission, set up on November 18, 2024, put forth on April 19 for the government to effect appear assuring in that they are mostly meant to do away with the discrimination that exists in society against women. The commission has made 15 specific recommendations, which include the provision for equal rights...
Swechchhasebak League leader Tushar arrested in Moulvibazar
The police have arrested Anisul Islam Chowdhury Tushar, 35, a leader of the Swechchhasebak League, in connection with a case filed over violence during anti-discrimination student protests in July in Moulvibazar.
SAD leader Umama rejects US award honouring women of July-August uprising
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...
Freedom is a verb
A STUDENT-LED procession against violence and discrimination was making its way through the bazaar when it was suddenly ambushed by a violent mob. Chaos erupted as the crowd scattered in all directions. Anik Chakma, a 17-year-old higher secondary student, ran for his life, but there was nowhere to escape 鈥� they were surrounded. He tried to hide in a nearby...
Women鈥檚 family, social status must be ensured: seminar
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Monday said that to eliminate discrimination against women, women鈥檚 work must be recognised and women鈥檚 family and social status must be ensured...
SAD leader among 14 sent to jail for extortion, vandalism
A Dhaka court on Saturday sent 14 people, including a leader of Student Against Discrimination, to jail over allegations of vandalising and looting a construction office for extortion Friday afternoon.
SAD leader among 14 arrested for extortion, vandalism in construction office in city
Joint forces arrested 14 people, including the Student Against Discrimination Kalabagan Thana unit convener Salahuddin Salman over allegedly vandalising and looting a construction office for extortion on Friday evening in the capital鈥檚 Kalabagan area.
4 arrested for kidnap, extortion impersonating SAD members
The Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested four individuals in connection with abduction of a garment factory official and his driver, who were taken hostage for ransom by perpetrators posing as representatives of the Student Against Discrimination.
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鈥� Committee, another platform formed after the fall of the...
Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad launched amid scuffle
A group of leaders of the Student Against Discrimination that led the July-August mass uprising on Wednesday launched a new student organisation, the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, amid protests and scuffles at the launching venue in Dhaka.
Students鈥� new political party to be launched on February 28
The Student Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee announced on Monday that they would launch their political party at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on February 28.
Students Against Discrimination coordinator attacked in Thakurgaon
A coordinator of the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination was attacked and injured by unidentified assailants with sharp weapons in Thakurgaon early Saturday.
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鈥檚 student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology campus and in adjacent areas on Tuesday...
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...
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鈥� right to organise on campus. The clashes took place...
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...
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鈥檚 clash between Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination...
OC among dozens hurt as JCD, Students Against Discrimination clash at KUET聽
Over two dozen people, including Khan Jahan Ali police officer-in-charge, were injured on Tuesday in a clash between Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination at the...
STUDENTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION: Demo staged rejecting Ctg committees
A faction of the Students Against Discrimination in Chattogram has held a demonstration rejecting three newly announced committees, with over 50 members resigning and declaring the committees unacceptable....
New student body to be launched by some mass uprising leaders
A group of leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement that led the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024 on Monday announced that they would form a new student organisation.
Tarique calls for ensuring people鈥檚 political rights
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday underscored the need for ensuring people鈥檚 political and voting rights to build a country free from discrimination...
Students besiege Naogaon Sadar Hospital over irregularities
Hundreds of students under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Students鈥� Movement laid siege to the Naogaon 250-bed General Sadar Hospital on Tuesday, protesting against alleged irregularities, corruption and mismanagement.
Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
Students block highway in Sirajganj聽
A group of students linked to the Students鈥� 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...
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.
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORMS: Ultimatum issued to revise recommendations
The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council on Saturday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding that the 50 per cent quota for the administration cadre in the deputy secretary pool, as recommended by the Public Administration Reform Commission, be scrapped...
SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters
A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening鈥檚 detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...