Staff Reporter :
The long-awaited Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections are set to take place on September 9.
On Tuesday, Chief Returning Officer Professor Jashim Uddin announced the election schedule at a press briefing held at the conference room of the University’s Senate Building.
According to the schedule, the distribution of nomination papers will begin on 12 August.
Nomination papers will be distributed daily from 10:00am to 4:00pm until 18 August. The deadline to submit nomination papers is 3:00pm on 19 August. The verification of nomination papers will take place on 20 August. The preliminary list of candidates will be published at 12:00pm on 21 August. The deadline to withdraw nomination papers is 12:00pm on 24 August. The final list of candidates will be published at 4:00pm on 25 August.
Voting in this election will be held from 8:00am to 3:00pm. The election results will also be announced on 9 September.
Alongside the Central Students’ Union election, the Hall Council elections will also be held.
The last DUCSU election took place in 2019. That election was held after a gap of 28 years.
Professor Shamim Reza conducted the press conference while other returning officers of the DUCSU election commission were present.
