Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the platform that led last year’s mass uprising, has suspended activities of all its committees across the country, except its central committee, amid extortion allegations against some of its leaders and activists.
Some members were shielded by proximity to leadership, she alleges
The named accused include five people who were arrested from a flat on Road 83 in Gulshan
Clash followed an incident around 9:00pm when activists of SAD detained a leader of the banned Chhatra League in front of the central Shaheed Minar
When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
“Students Against Discrimination” (SAD) sounded like a dream when we first heard about it.
The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council
The new kids on the political block have a name: the National Citizen Party (NCP)
If student politics continues to promote division rather than unity, how can these same students later contribute to building an inclusive society?
A recording of his extortion demand went viral yesterday on social media.
Though children will try to continue with their lives, the shadow of what they’ve seen and heard will loom over them.
Realistically speaking, governing a nation of 170 million people living in densely populated cities without some kind of democracy (representativeness) is an impossible proposition.
For three days we were a state without a government.
Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
In such challenging times, when protesters and civilians were indiscriminately killed, wholesale arrests, block raids, and a nationwide internet shutdown violated citizens' fundamental rights, keeping the nation on edge for weeks– only a few had the courage to raise their voices against the oppression and injustice.
Bangladesh Army Chief Waker-uz-Zaman announced the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the formation of an interim government yesterday at 4pm.
