Bangladesh Student Leader Aims To Finish What Uprising Began

Nahid Islam, head of Bangladesh's National Citizens Party (NCP), speaks to AFP at his residence in Dhaka (Credit: AFP)

Bangladeshi students who overthrew autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last year have formed a new political party to finish the work that began with her ouster, the group's leader told AFP.

Nahid Islam, 27, was one of the most visible faces of the youth-led protest campaign Students Against Discrimination, which brought down the curtain on Hasina's iron-fisted rule after 15 years.