“The attacks by police and fringe student organisations are utterly unacceptable,” the organisation said in a statement on Friday. Udichi, one of the leading cultural organisations of the country with grassroots members, also condemned police action against protesters and blamed the interim government for failing to prevent the violence. “A fascist government was ousted through the students’ uprising. 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”. In response, a group named Agitated Adivasi Students called for a siege of the NCTB building at 11am on Wednesday.

Source: bd News24 January 17, 2025 13:59 UTC