students against discrimination (SAD)

Mahdi Hasan among three detained ahead of Habiganj protest march

The demonstration was called over load shedding, electricity price hikes, the gas crisis and rising commodity prices
17 August 2026

SAD files ICT complaint against business leaders over role in July Uprising killings

25 prominent businessmen, including Salman F Rahman, accused of supporting a violent crackdown
13 January 2026

‘Abandoning July revolutionaries for electoral gain would be a grave mistake’

SAD president says NCP leaders were ‘silent’ as July warriors faced danger
7 January 2026

Habiganj SAD leader granted bail

He has been accused of obstructing government duties, misbehaving with police officers
4 January 2026

When change agents become the status quo

Extortion by SAD leaders strikes at the heart of its moral legitimacy.
3 August 2025

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.
27 July 2025

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

Some members were shielded by proximity to leadership, she alleges
27 July 2025

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
27 July 2025

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
2 July 2025

When protest turns into a mob

When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
21 May 2025

Are we truly against discrimination?

“Students Against Discrimination” (SAD) sounded like a dream when we first heard about it.
10 April 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
21 March 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)
1 March 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?
19 February 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.
4 January 2025

Expelled SAD coordinator in Feni held over extortion, defamation

A recording of his extortion demand went viral yesterday on social media.
1 January 2025

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.
22 August 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.
19 August 2024

The banality of evil and the Messiah of a new dawn

For three days we were a state without a government.
13 August 2024

The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'

Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
10 August 2024