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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...

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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’ Union elections by May and hold an ‘acceptable, participatory, and competitive’ election by June...

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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...

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CU students lock main gate

A group of agitated students of the University of Chittagong locked the university’s main gate in the early hours of Tuesday, demanding justice after a fellow student was allegedly assaulted by locals near the campus...

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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...

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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.

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Harvesting independence in ‘new’ Bangladesh

IN 2025, Bangladesh’s 54th anniversary of Independence Day cannot be observed by bypassing the July 2024 movement. Some people may not endorse the epithet ‘second independence’, the outcome of the student uprising that ended Hasina’s autocratic rule and created a ‘new’ Bangladesh. They may have a reason. It may be that they compare the second..

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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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