SAD resumses activities of all unit committees
The Students Against Discrimination on Sunday withdrew its suspension on the activities of all units of the organisation.
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Street play 鈥楲al Shahar鈥� narrates movements against discrimination
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi on Wednesday premiered a street play titled 鈥楲al Shahar鈥� at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to mark the organisation鈥檚 57th founding anniversary...
ICDEC celebrates Bangladesh Civil Service founding anniv
The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council organised a programme, marking the 45th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Civil Service, at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at Farmgate in Dhaka on Saturday...
Another panel led by ex-student coordinators announced
A new panel named Sarbojanin Chhatra Sangsad has entered the race for the upcoming elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, with a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, Tasin Khan, contesting for the post of vice-president...
Patriarchy in folds of everyday life
WE OFTEN think that discrimination and patriarchy begin with grand gestures such as denying girls education, restricting women from working, or limiting their presence in public life. But did we really look closely at our homes? Not only with our eyes but also with our hearts. If you did, I bet you would see that it often starts with the tiniest actions: a plate left on the dining...
Inclusion of students until uprising urged
A former coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, a platform which spearheaded the July uprising ousting the Awami League regime, urged Rajshahi University authorities to allow students whose enrolment expired before August 5 to participate in the coming central students鈥� union elections...
Trump says big US banks shunned him
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that major US banks had turned down his business as part of an alleged pattern of political discrimination against conservatives that right-wing figures have long claimed...
PSTU VC urges to build corruption-free, discrimination-free country
Vice-chancellor of Pirojpur Science and Technology University Professor Md Shahidul Islam at a programme on Tuesday urged the people of the country to build a corruption-free, discrimination-free, happy, prosperous and self-reliant Bangladesh...
JU expels 64 students over July attack
Jahangirnagar University authorities have permanently expelled 64 current students and revoked the academic certificates of 73 former students for their involvement in last year鈥檚 violent attack on teachers and students during an anti-discrimination movement on the campus...
Cultural activities needed to build inclusive, discrimination-free society: seminar
Cultural activists said on Wednesday that following the 2024 student-led mass uprising, cultural activities were needed to build an inclusive and discrimination-free society...
KUET to resume classes after over 5 months Tuesday
All academic activities at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology are scheduled to be resumed on Tuesday after over five months.
SAD suspends committees following extortion charges
Students Against Discrimination on Sunday afternoon suspended all its committees across the country except its central committee following the alleged involvement of some leaders of the platform in extortion...
SAD leader, four others held for demanding extortion from ex-lawmaker
Police detained five individuals, including a leader of student groups, on charges of demanding Tk聽50 lakh from former reserved seat lawmaker Shammi Ahmed at her residence in Gulshan...
SAD leader stabbed in Sylhet
A group of attackers stabbed a leader of the Students Against Discrimination in Sylhet city Thursday night.
Establishing discrimination-free society demanded
Vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday said that by embodying the spirit of the July uprising, a society and state with non-discrimination and justice must be established in the future...
RUET students protest quota, promotion discrimination in engineering jobs
The students of the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday at a demonstration demanded reforms in engineering job recruitment...
Polls without reforms to be resisted: SAD
Students and people will not accept the next national election before the completion of fundamental reforms in various sectors and they will resist the election without reforms, said the Students Against Discrimination president on Friday.
NCP, SAD continue demo in Ctg
National Citizen Party and the Students Against Discrimination on Thursday continued their demonstration protesting against police action against their activists at Patiya police station and demanding comprehensive police reforms...
SAD, NCP block highway in Ctg
Students Against Discrimination and National Citizen Party activists postponed their Wednesday鈥檚 demonstration in Chattogram till noon today after hours of laying siege to the Patiya police station and blockade of Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar highway...
SAD to work afresh to press for July declaration, charter
The newly elected leaders of Students Against Discrimination on Tuesday said that they would take forward their organisational activities prioritising the demands for the July Declaration to uphold the spirit of the July uprising and the July Charter for reforms in various sectors...
Govt job quota reform remains unresolved
A rational reform of the quota system in government jobs has remained unresolved even after a year of the anti-quota movement under the Students Against Discrimination platform in July-August 2024 that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime...
Umama Fatema quits SAD
Former Students Against Discrimination spokesperson Umama Fatema has quit the platform, alleging internal arbitrariness, smear campaigns against her and political favouritism, days after the platform elected its new leaders...
Silent discrimination against Hindu women
HINDU women in Bangladesh still live in a kind of invisible prison, the walls of which are made of centuries-old religious family law. Their limited rights in matters related to marriage, divorce and inheritance are not only in conflict with the constitution but also with human rights...
Rifat, Enam elected Students Against Discrimination president, GS
Rashidul Islam, also known as Rifat Rashid, and Sheikh Enamul Hasan, known as Hasan Enam, were elected as the new president and general secretary of Students Against Discrimination, a platform that led the July uprising...
July uprising failed to end discrimination against persons with disabilities: Discussion
Speakers at a book launching event on Saturday deplored that discrimination against persons with disabilities continued even after the student-led July uprising that called for ending all forms of discrimination...
Four leaders of Students Against Discrimination sued in Sylhet
A case was filed against four leaders, including the member secretary of Sylhet district unit of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement by a female leader of the platform on allegation of threatening to rape her after abduction.
Eight NCP, SAD leaders injured in attack at Ashulia lead factory
At least eight leaders of the National Citizen Party and Students Against Discrimination were injured as they came under attack early Thursday at a lead factory in the Goailbari Bazar area under Ashulia police station, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka...
Four Student Movement Against Discrimination leaders beaten
A group of miscreants allegedly led by an expelled leader of the Student Movement Against Discrimination beat the platform鈥檚 four leaders, including its Habiganj district member secretary Mahdi Hasan, injured on Friday evening.
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.
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...
