With DU and JU gearing up for student union elections, the student bodies are now sharply divided over when the polls should be held.
The Students Against Discrimination is set to proclaim on December 31 the July mass uprising as a revolution.
After a six-year gap since the last Ducsu polls in 2019, the Dhaka University authorities are now gearing up for an election early next year.
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee will jointly lead the process
The government has drafted a list of around 3,500 cadre posts to be filled through the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The number may increase, making it the largest BCS circular in the last 11 cycles, confirmed sources at the Chief Adviser’s Office and the Public Service Commission.
Say student coordinators after nationwide discussions
The public administration ministry is yet to publish the gazette notification of the 43rd BCS, even nine months after the Public Service Commission (PSC) recommended the appointment of 2,805 candidates, causing frustration among the aspirants.
Buet authorities have announced that students cannot be members of any political organisation, be it on campus or outside.
After suffering defeats in the last two national elections to independent candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowhdury, alias Nixon Chowdhury, Kazi Zafarullah is in a “tight spot” this time as well in Faridpur-4 constituency.
The electoral race for Faridpur-1 is turning out to be a contest among Awami League’s Abdur Rahman, BNM chief Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar and independent aspirant Arifur Rahman Dolon.
Candidates are campaigning in Faridpur-2 (Nagarkanda-Saltha) for what is likely to be a close race between ruling Awami League’s Shahdab Akbar Labu and independent aspirant Jamal Hossen Mia.
The rifts within local Awami League have put the party candidate Shamim Haque in a tight spot, while the popularity of independent candidate AK Azad among residents of the Padma river chars may give the latter an upper hand in the race for Fardipur-3.
While the ruling Awami League nominees will face strong challenges from their party colleagues running as independents in many constituencies across the country, the picture seems to be quite different in Dhaka.
Despite a series of hectic meetings, repeated assurances, intense negotiations and nail-biting calculations, Awami League seems to have failed to satisfy its allies and electoral partners and, in many cases, even its own ranks.
Though a record number of independent candidates is going to participate in the 2024 national elections, none are contesting in the 32 constituencies where many Awami League heavyweights are running for offices.
AL leaders seeking to run as independents must get the party’s nod
Awami League nomination seekers are in a race among themselves as on average 11 people are vying to get the party ticket in each constituency.
Violations of the electoral code of conduct ran rampant as MP aspirants and their supporters flocked to the Awami League’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue yesterday.
