Protesting Dhaka University students ended their “hunger strike until death” last night after the authorities assured them of listening to their complaints and making the Ducsu electoral process more transparent.
Four days into the Ducsu election, the crisis at Dhaka University is far from over.
The agitating students demanding a fresh Ducsu election yesterday issued a three-day ultimatum to the Dhaka University authorities to announce a repolling or face a tougher movement from Sunday.
Terming yesterday’s Ducsu election as nontransparent, four candidates of the opposition panel begin a fast unto death demanding fresh election to the Dhaka University students’ union.
It seemed some puzzles from the 11th parliamentary polls resurfaced yesterday to haunt Dhaka University students, who turned up in huge numbers to vote in the Ducsu polls.
The sack of ballots allegedly found in Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall were all marked in favour of Bangladesh Chhatra League panel.
Protests erupted in Dhaka University yesterday immediately after most of the prominent panels boycotted the Ducsu election citing mass irregularities.
Chief Returning Officer of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) SM Mahfuzur Rahman expressed regret over any untoward incidents during yesterday's election.
The much-awaited elections to Ducsu and hall unions will be held today amid dominance of Bangladesh Chhatra League and questionable roles of the university authorities.
The Dhaka University authorities have apparently been turning a blind eye to the violation of electoral code of conduct by the candidates and their supporters during the campaign for the upcoming Ducsu election.
As campaigns and preparations for the upcoming Ducsu polls are in full swing on Dhaka University campus, differently abled students are not lagging far behind.
Campaign for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) and hall union polls officially began yesterday as the university authorities published the final list of candidates.
The government declares general holiday in the electoral areas for by-elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on February 28.
The High Court clears the way for holding election to Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election slated for March 11.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student front of ruling Awami League, announces its 25-member panel for contesting the long-pending Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election slated for March 11.
Leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) went to Madhur Canteen yesterday for the first time in nine years , after which they shared the same table with Chhatra League leaders, ahead of the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) polls.
Likeminded student organisations have been reaching out to each other in the hope of forming alliances to contest the coming Ducsu election.