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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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GAZIPUR ATTACK: Protests spread, OC withdrawn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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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...

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SI withdrawn after detention of July protesters

A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening’s detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital’s Uttara...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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July uprising student leaders to launch party by February

The Students’ Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday said that they would announce the formation of a new moderate political party by February, following a week-long campaign titled ‘Apnar Chokhe Natun Bangladesh’...

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Students protest against rape, murder of Bangladeshi in India

The Students Against Discrimination on Saturday staged a demonstration on the Dhaka University campus in the capital demanding justice over Friday’s rape and murder of a 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman in India’s Bengaluru.

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Sarjis files cyber bullying case

Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the chief organiser of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, on Thursday filed a case against the administrators of two Facebook pages for spreading propaganda and cyber bullying...

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Admin cadre’s supremacy manifests fascism: speakers

Speakers at a seminar held in Dhaka on Saturday condemned arbitrary suspension of officials from education, health, fisheries and livestock cadres, and the public administration reform commission’s negligence in listening to the voice of those protesting against inter-cadre discrimination...

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KILLING OF MUGHDHO, JAMAAT LEADER: Complaints filed with ICT

The elder brother of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, who was shot dead during the demonstrations of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on July 18, 2024, filed a complaint on Thursday with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor...

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MASS UPRISING: SUST suspends 29 BCL activists

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology authorities suspended 29 students, all leaders and activists of the banned student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League, for their involvement in attacks on participants of the anti-discrimination students’ movement...

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Students Against Discrimination forms July Uprising Cell

The Students Against Discrimination platform has established a July Uprising Cell to ensure medical care for the injured and to support the rehabilitation of the martyrs’ families, document the events of the...

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Student movement demands steps to stop secret killings

The National University chapter of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Friday held a protest rally and brought out a protest procession demanding that the government take effective steps to stop secret killings.