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Adivasi demo attacked, ten injured in city  

Published : Thursday, 16 January, 2025 at 12:00 AM  Count : 18
Staff Correspondent
Students protesting against the removal of images featuring the word 'adivasi' - a collective term for a number of ethnic minority groups in Bangladesh - from textbooks have been attacked by a group of students in favour of the removal. Witnesses saw ten people being taken to the hospital after the attack in Motijheel around 1:00pm on Wednesday.

Motijheel Police Station The clash reportedly began over the removal of an artwork containing the word 'indigenous' from the online version of the ninth and tenth-grade Bengali grammar books.

On January 12, a group of students under the banner 'Students for Sovereignty' protested at the NCTB, leading to the removal of the artwork.

In response, the group 'Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People' announced a demonstration to besiege the NCTB office on Wednesday. Simultaneously, Students for Sovereignty also planned a protest at the same location.

Witnesses said both groups gathered in front of the NCTB office on Wednesday and began protesting separately. The situation escalated around 1:00pm, leading to a clash following an altercation.

A picture that used the term 'adivasi' was used for the back cover of the Bengali grammar and composition textbooks for ninth and tenth graders. The artwork depicted a tree with five leaves, each inscribed with a term for a religious or ethnic community in Bangladesh - Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, and 'adivasi'. "Tearing leaves is prohibited" was written next to the picture.

The picture was removed from the online version of the book after members of the Students of Sovereignty, an organisation of Bengalis living in the hill areas, surrounded the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, or NCTB, premises on January 12.



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