Two student coordinators take oath as advisors

Thirteen advisors read out oath sentences at Bangabhaban on 8 August, 2024.Screengrab from video

Md Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination movement, have become advisers of the interim government.

Nahid Islam, a resident of Banasree in Dhaka, got admitted to the sociology department of Dhaka University in the academic year of 2016-17. Asif Mahmud, a resident from Cumilla, is a student of the department of linguistics of 2017-18 academic year.

They led the student-led movement for quota reform in government jobs. As the movement turned violent and many students were killed, the protesting students launched a-one point movement for the resignation of the government.

In the face of a student-led mass uprising, Sheikh Hasina stepped down as the prime minister and went to India under a special arrangement.

Today, Thursday an interim government was formed with 17 advisors led by Dr Muhammad Yunus