MIU holds workshop for law students
Manarat International University held a workshop titled Preparing Future Legal Minds: Equipping for the Bar, Bench and Beyond at the seminar hall of the MIU permanent campus of Ashulia in Dhaka on Saturday...
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Anxiety, pride as Harvard digs in for Trump 鈥榖litzkrieg鈥�
Harvard students weave through tree-lined streets and redbrick campus buildings, but beneath the veneer of daily life fear has taken root: the most prestigious university in the United States is bracing for an 鈥榓ssault鈥� by president Donald Trump...
Polytechnic students shut down institutes for 2nd day
The students of polytechnic institutes across the country kept their respective institutions locked for the second day on Wednesday under an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
Balancing technology and student well-being
THE acceleration of digital learning tools has unlocked new opportunities for students, but it has also introduced fresh challenges, particularly concerning mental health. As universities embrace technology, the task of balancing students鈥� learning needs with their well-being has never been more critical. Bangladesh鈥檚 educational landscape has undergone significant...
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.
Addl SP Ishtiaq, son of ex-ICT chair, arrested
The Detective Branch of the police on Tuesday arrested Rangamati additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed in a case of crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...
Three madrassah teachers held for raping minor student
The police detained three madrassah teachers in Fatikchari upazila of Chattogram on charges of raping a 12-year-old boy early Monday...
JnU students demand reform of PSC
A group of Jagannath University students on Sunday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding reform of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
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...
Univs should hold students鈥� union polls early, regularly
UNIVERSITY of Dhaka students demanding elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions in three to six months is a legitimate demand. The demand came once again through a survey that the advisory committee formed by the university administration conducted in March 23鈥揂pril 6. About 75 per cent of the respondents say that the authorities...
Chanchol elected BSU president, Shimul general secretary
Tamzid Haider Chanchol, Shimul Kumbhkar and Rathindranath Bappy have been elected president, general secretary and organising secretary of the Bangladesh Students鈥� Union respectively...
KUET vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor removed
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mohammad Mashud and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Sheikh Shariful Alam were removed from their posts on Friday night following prolonged student protests.
3-day convention of Students鈥� Union inaugurated
A three-day national convention of Bangladesh Students鈥� Union was inaugurated at Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Thursday...
Students demand JnU registrar鈥檚 resignation, burn effigy
A group of Jagannath University students on Thursday staged a demonstration and burnt effigy of the university registrar demanding his immediate resignation following allegations of student harassment and administrative negligence...
Student Union鈥檚 42nd nat鈥檒 convention today
Bangladesh Students鈥� Union will hold its 42nd national convention in Dhaka today...
Sunamganj Medical College students withdraw movement
Sunamganj Medical College students on Wednesday withdrew their protest programmes following assurances from the authorities that their two-point demand, including opening of the college hospital, would be met by December this year...
Polytechnic students hold rallies across country
The Students of polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country held rallies in their respective areas as they continued their protests for the fifth day on Sunday to press home their six-point demand and protest at the attack on students in Cumilla...
Govt should address polytech students鈥� grievances early
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have so far not attended to grievances of the polytechnic students taking to the street to push for their six-point demand. The students have rallied for the past few days and the protests appear to be intensifying. The polytechnic students on April 20 threatened a long march to Dhaka from outlying areas if the government fails to...
Polytechnic students continue protests
Polytechnic students in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country continued their protests on Saturday for the fourth day and staged demonstrations titled 鈥楻ISE in RED鈥� to press home their six-point demand...
Primeasia University student killed on campus in Dhaka
A student of Primeasia University was stabbed to death during a clash with fellow students of the university on its campus in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on Saturday...
130 students in US join federal lawsuit over revoked visas
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully cancelling their visas, jeopardising their legal status in the country, court documents show...
Chhatra Odhikar Parishad demands DUCSU polls by June
The Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Wednesday demanded that the Dhaka University authorities announce a specific timeframe for Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections by May and hold an 鈥榓cceptable, participatory, and competitive鈥� election by June...
Locals beat teacher for sexually harassing female student
Local people in the Panchagarh municipal area on Wednesday beat up a coaching centre tutor and handed him over to police on allegation of sexually harassing a Class IX female student...
BUET welcomes new students
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology organised an introduction meeting for new undergraduate students of the 2024-25 academic year on Saturday...
CU students lock main gate
A group of agitated students of the University of Chittagong locked the university鈥檚 main gate in the early hours of Tuesday, demanding justice after a fellow student was allegedly assaulted by locals near the campus...
Daffodil Foundation hosts reunion for meritorious students
Daffodil Foundation, a sister concern of Daffodil Group, organised a reunion on Tuesday for meritorious students from public universities on the Daffodil International School, Baburhat campus in Chandpur...
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...
Trump threatens $9 bn in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'
The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests.
Harvesting independence in 鈥榥ew鈥� Bangladesh
IN 2025, Bangladesh鈥檚 54th anniversary of Independence Day cannot be observed by bypassing the July 2024 movement. Some people may not endorse the epithet 鈥榮econd independence鈥�, the outcome of the student uprising that ended Hasina鈥檚 autocratic rule and created a 鈥榥ew鈥� Bangladesh. They may have a reason. It may be that they compare the second..
First formal charge in ICT after Eid
The Office of the Chief Prosecutor is set to file the first-ever formal charge with the International Crimes Tribunal after the Eid vacation in a case of crimes against humanity linked to the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024.