Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Leaders of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and National Citizens Committee have decided on the leadership for the new National Citizen Party, or NCP, which is set to make its official debut.

Helmed by Nahid Islam as convenor and Akhtar Hossain as member secretary, the party will be led by a group of 11 individuals, Citizens' Committee spokesperson Samantha Sharmin and Anti-discrimination Student Movement Chief Organiser Abdul Hannan Masud confirmed to bdnews24.com on Friday.

Nahid, who recently stepped down as an advisor to the interim government, was a coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Department of Social Science at Dhaka Univer...