A wave of tension has gripped Jessore city following the cold-blooded assassination of a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader on Saturday evening. The victim, identified as Alamgir Hossain, aged 50, was a resident of the Shankarpur district and held the significant position of Joint General Secretary for the BNP’s Ward No. 7 unit. The […]

In a high-stakes attempt to de-escalate tensions in Habiganj, Arif Talukdar, the District Convenor of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has publicly pledged to secure the release of his colleague, Mahdi Hasan, before the break of dawn. Addressing a restless crowd gathered at the Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station gates on Saturday night, Talukdar urged activists […]

In a dramatic show of solidarity, hundreds of activists from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement seized control of the Shahbagh intersection in central Dhaka on Saturday night. The blockade, which commenced at approximately 10:30 pm on 3 January, was a direct response to the arrest of Mahdi Hasan, the organisation’s Member Secretary for the Habiganj district. […]

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has threatened to launch a wave of “hard-line” nationwide protests following the detention of Mahdi Hasan, the group’s Member Secretary for the Habiganj district. In a series of urgent communiqués issued via social media on Saturday night, the organisation demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the student leader, setting a […]

In a significant escalation of local tensions, over a hundred activists from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement descended upon the Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station late Saturday night. The mass demonstration was triggered by the detention of Mahdi Hasan, the district’s General Secretary for the organisation, who was apprehended by law enforcement earlier that evening. By […]