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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.

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Trial for rape, withdrawal of case against students sought

Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...

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Polytechnic students boycott exams, block roads

Students of different polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday boycotted examinations and blocked roads and railway tracks demanding abolition of the 30 per cent promotion quota for craft instructors in junior instructor positions...

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Madrassah student drowns in Satkhira

A 15-year-old madrasa student drowned in a pond at the Kashempur Madinatul Ulum Qawmi Madrassah and Orphanage in Satkhira Sadar on Wednesday...

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Interns, doctors on strike

Medical students and physicians have announced a grand rally and march to the health and family welfare ministry scheduled for today with a five-point demand, including reserving the right to use the title ‘doctor’ only for the MBBS or BDS degree holders...

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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.

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Medical interns, students call off strike

The week-long strike, which involved work abstention by interns and a boycott of academic activities by students of public and private medical colleges, was called off on Sunday...

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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’ Committee, another platform formed after the fall of the...

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New political party draws mixed reactions

Three political parties and a student organisation on Friday gave mixed reactions to the formation of a new political party by leaders of the student-led July-August mass uprising that ousted the authoritarian Awami League regime.

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IUPC draws students from 60 universities at AUST

The MTB Presents AUST Inter-University Programming Contest (IUPC) 2025 was held after three years, drawing 131 teams from over 60 universities to Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, said a press release...

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RUCSU election in June: RU authorities

The Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union election is scheduled to take place at the end of June this year, according to a press release issued by the university on Thursday...

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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.

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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’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology campus and in adjacent areas on Tuesday...

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Medical college students block road in Barishal

A section of students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal blocked a road in front of their college for about an hour on Thursday demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers...

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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...

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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’ right to organise on campus. The clashes took place...