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Anti-discrimination Student Movement forms two new committees
The Anti-discrimination Student Movement has formed two new committees named Programme Planning and Implementation and Emergency Crisis Management to foster its activities. Two press statements signed by Anti-discrimination Student Movement convener Hasnat Abdullah and member secretary Arif...
Students throw shoes on pictures of BCL central leaders
Students of Dhaka University (DU) have thrown shoes on the photos of the central leaders of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the Awami League, marking the 77th founding anniversary of the Chhatra League. Students, under the banner of DU Students Rights Watch,...
July Proclamation: Six-day program announced
Anti-Discrimination Students Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee have announced 5-day program demanding the proclamation of July-August mass uprising. From 6th January to 11th, the activists and leaders of these platforms are scheduled to hold public communication On Sunday, the...
March for Unity: Students gather at Shaheed Minar with slogans
Thousands of students and people gathered for the March for Unity at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Tuesday afternoon in response to a call from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The crowd was seen marching and chanting slogans. The Shaheed Minar premises were filled with...
'March for Unity' at Shaheed Minar today
In accordance with prior announcements, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement is set to gather at the Central Shaheed Minar at 3 pm on Tuesday (Dec 31) for a program titled March for Unity. While the gathering will not involve the proclamation of the July Revolution, the organization will...
Buet student’s death: 3 accused sent to jail after remand
A Narayanganj court sent three accused to jail in a case filed over the death of Buet student Muhtasim Masud in a road accident at Purbachal, reports TBS. Senior Judicial Magistrate Nur Mohsin issued the order today (Dec 25) after the trio were presented in court upon completion of two-day...
Anti-discrimination Students’ Movement rejects Badiul Alam's statement
The Anti-Discrimination Students Movement clearly rejected the statement of the Election Reform Commission chief Badiul Alam as he said theres no barrier for Awami League to participate in the elections. They said, Awami League is a group responsible for several genocides in Bangladesh. In...
Anti-discrimination Students Movement to bring out ‘Bijoy Rally’ on Victory Day
The Anti-discrimination Student Movement has decided to bring out Bijoy Rally on December 16 (Monday) marking the great Victory Day of Bangladesh. The announcement was made on the verified Facebook page of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Sunday. According to the post, December 16...
Shibir-Aniti Discrimination Students Movement-Chhatra Union discuss future of students politics in DU
In the past 15 years, the Chhatra Leagues partisan politics have disrupted proper political practice on campuses. It is necessary to draw a new political practice chart in the post-July Revolution period. Student politics that speaks about the rights of students and takes educational programs...
2 snatchers arrested over attack on anti-discrimination activists
Sonargaon Thana police have apprehended two individuals in connection with a robbery and assault targeting coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement. The incident took place last Sunday night in the Mograpara area of Sonargaon. The suspects have been identified as Mobarak Hossain...
DUCSU elections likely to be held in February
The long pending elections to Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) and its hall unions are expected to take place by late January or early February next year, reports BSS. The university authority decided to hold another election after a six-year gap since the last DUCSU polls in...
JU Anti-discrimination student movement branch announces convening committee
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit formed a 20-member convening committee on Friday night, reports BSS. Arif Sohel, member secretary of the Anti Discrimination Student Movement central executive committee, announced the panel at a media briefing at 10...
Plot afoot to brand Bangladesh as communal, stay alert: Fakhrul
Stating that there is a plot to brand Bangladesh as a communal country by labelling false allegations of repression against minorities, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged all to remain alert to thwart such a move, reports UNB. My only request is that what we have...
Suhrawardy College students blame third-party incitement for violence
Students of Shaheed Suhrawardy College claimed that third-party incitement was behind the violence among several colleges in Dhaka, including Kabi Nazrul Government College, Shaheed Suhrawardy College, and Dr Mahbubur Rahman Molla College, following the death of a student at Dhaka National Medical...
Govt aims for peaceful resolution, not harsh measures: Home Adviser
Adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, said that students can express their grievances at Suhrawardy Udyan instead of blocking roads. He also mentioned that they are welcome to engage in dialogue with the authorities. Emphasizing the governments...
There is no one to lead students at present
For some time now, students are seen taking to the streets and vandalizing upon gimcracks. The main reason behind this is there is no one to lead the students. Once the student organizations were strong and the students were able to express their anger and protest through these organizations....
‘Attempts to incite and create divisions will be thwarted’
Mahfuj Alam, one of the key coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and adviser to the interim government, has said that recklessness, provocation, creating divisions and conflicts among students and youth, and attempts to turn the forces of the uprising reactionarythese will all...
Attack and vandalism at Mollah College, Demra turns into a battleground
Students from Suhrawardy and Kabi Nazrul Colleges in Old Dhaka attacked Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) on Monday. The incident occurred around 12:30 PM, and the Demra area in Jatrabari turned into a battleground as both groups chased each other. Several students were reported to...
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement forms 18-member central committee
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has unveiled its 18-member central executive committee. The announcement was made in a press release on Thursday night, reports UNB. According to the release, the committee will include the convener, member secretary, chief organiser, and spokesperson...
Students block Mirpur road protesting for merit-based admissions
Students of Mohammadpur Residential School and College in Dhaka have blocked Mirpur Road in front of their institution, demanding that admissions be based on merit. According to police, the protest began around 10:30 am when students, after breaking open the schools entrance gate, took to the...
Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams
A 21-year-old former student carried out a stabbing attack at a vocational college in Chinas eastern city of Wuxi on Saturday evening. The attack left eight people dead and 17 others hurt, police reported. The knife attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology, in...
Students and public gather at Dhaka-Ctg highway
Students and the public gathered this morning on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway to prevent any disorder that can be created by the Awami League. They have been holding a sit-in at Kanchpur, in Narayanganjs Sonargaon, one of the busiest entry points to Dhaka. Along with the sit-ins, people were...
Gulistan: Students and public gather, police on alert
The Awami League and the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement have called competing rallies at Zero Point in Gulistan, Dhaka. Both rallies are scheduled to begin after 3 p.m. today, Sunday. To counter the Awami Leagues program, students and people have been gathering at Zero Point since...
191 BGB platoons deployed across country
To maintain law and order, 191 platoons of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across Dhaka and other parts of the country, reports Dhaka Tribune. This information was provided in a message by BGB Headquarters Public Relations Officer Md Shariful Islam on Sunday morning....
Campuses must not be turned into dens of terror: CA press secretary
Urging everyone to keep educational institutions across the country safe, Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said campuses must not be turned into dens of terrorism. Safety has to be ensured at educational institutions and terrorism has to be eradicated from campuses to keep...
Shuvosangho provides Bochaganj madrasa students with educational materials
Shuvosangho, the countrys one of the leading social welfare platforms sponsored by Bashundhara Group, provided educational materials to madrasa students of Bochaganj Upazila in Dinajpur on Friday. The volunteers of the platform distributed education supplies to at least 30 students of Khadijatul...
GM Quader claims AL blackmailed JaPa into elections
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader claimed on Friday that his party was blackmailed into joining elections under the Awami Leagues tenure, saying that their involvement was far from voluntary, reports Dhaka Tribune. At an emergency press conference called at the Jatiya Party headquarters in...
Anti-discrimination Students Movement announces to seal Jatiya Party office
Mahin Sarkar, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, announced the shutdown of Jatiya Party office soon. He announced this in front of anti-terrorism Raju sculpture of Dhaka University around 8 pm on Thursday. Mahin Sarkar said, Today a part of our...