Dhaka, Aug. 3 -- One year on from the Students Against Discrimination announcing their historic 1-point demand (the resignation of the then-government) at the Central Shaheed Minar, the same venue on Sunday witnessed the unveiling of the National Citizen Party, or NCP's "Manifesto for New Bangladesh". The NCP is the political party that evolved in the aftermath of last year's student-led Uprising that brought down the Awami League-led government.

As with the 1-point demand from 2024, the 24-point manifesto declared today was read out by Nahid Islam, one of the six central coordinators of the SAD movement last year who has since gone on to become the convenor of the NCP, which was launched in March, after serving a stint on the advisory c...