students against discrimination (SAD)

When change agents become the status quo

Extortion by SAD leaders strikes at the heart of its moral legitimacy.

Extortion allegations: SAD suspends activities of all committees except central

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.

Ex-SAD leader Umama speaks out as activists arrested on extortion charges

Some members were shielded by proximity to leadership, she alleges

SAD leaders among six sued over extortion at ex-AL MP’s Gulshan residence

The named accused include five people who were arrested from a flat on Road 83 in Gulshan

10 injured in clash between police, SAD activists in Ctg Patiya

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

Opinion / When protest turns into a mob

When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line

Are we truly against discrimination?

“Students Against Discrimination” (SAD) sounded like a dream when we first heard about it.

July uprising: Nagorik Committee, student body to be revamped

The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council

National Citizen Party: The new kids on the political block

The new kids on the political block have a name: the National Citizen Party (NCP)

April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025

Are we truly against discrimination?

“Students Against Discrimination” (SAD) sounded like a dream when we first heard about it.

March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025

July uprising: Nagorik Committee, student body to be revamped

The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council

March 1, 2025
March 1, 2025

National Citizen Party: The new kids on the political block

The new kids on the political block have a name: the National Citizen Party (NCP)

February 19, 2025
February 19, 2025

Are we returning to divisive campus politics?

If student politics continues to promote division rather than unity, how can these same students later contribute to building an inclusive society?

January 5, 2025
January 5, 2025

July proclamation: Students to hold nationwide campaign

The Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee will campaign from January 6-11 across the country to listen to what people want so that their hopes and aspirations are reflected in the proclamation on July uprising.

January 1, 2025
January 1, 2025

Expelled SAD coordinator in Feni held over extortion, defamation

A recording of his extortion demand went viral yesterday on social media.

August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024

Going back to school after exposure to violence: Are students prepared?

Though children will try to continue with their lives, the shadow of what they’ve seen and heard will loom over them.

August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024

Let’s hold a three-point referendum

Realistically speaking, governing a nation of 170 million people living in densely populated cities without some kind of democracy (representativeness) is an impossible proposition.

August 13, 2024
August 13, 2024

The banality of evil and the Messiah of a new dawn

For three days we were a state without a government.

August 10, 2024
August 10, 2024

The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'

Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.