One of the main organizers of the student-led nationwide uprising, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam, has been honored on Time magazine’s esteemed TIME 100 Next list.
The list, which was released on October 2, honored 100 up-and-coming world leaders for their significant contributions to a range of fields, such as business, politics, entertainment, and activism.
The pick for this year honors people who are pushing boundaries and setting new standards for impact, leadership, and creativity.
“Nahid Islam didn’t have to get any older than 26 to help bring down one of the most powerful people in the world,” says Time magazine in its description of Nahid on the website.
“The sociology graduate is one of the faces of a student movement that kick-started countrywide protests against Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” reads the Time magazine description.
The blurb continues: “One of many protest leaders, he (Nahid) became more widely known after being tortured by the country’s notorious intelligence services.”
Shortly after, he made the students’ single demand known to the magazine: Hasina had to step down. It quotes Nahid as saying, “No one thought she could be toppled.”
“The biggest challenge might still lie ahead. Islam is one of two Gen Z ministers in the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Their task: repairing the democratic system that was eroded during the 15-year reign of an increasingly authoritarian government,” it adds.
Nahid Islam, hailing from Dhaka city and a master’s student in the Sociology Department at Dhaka University, was one of the youngest individuals ever sworn in as an adviser to an interim government in Bangladesh.
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