Ahead of the central students’ union and hall union elections on September 9, informal campaigns have begun at Dhaka University.

Despite publishing guidelines for the long-awaited Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election on August 1, the process has made little progress, with the voter list yet to be finalised and no schedule announced.

A conducive environment must be created to encourage women's political participation.

Female students of Jahangirnagar University have long stood at the frontlines of campus protests, from the 1999 anti-rape movement to last year’s mass uprising that toppled an authoritarian regime.

The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections are deeply entwined with Bangladesh’s student politics, historically shaping national movements from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1969 Mass Uprising and the 1971 Liberation War.

With just hours left to submit nomination papers, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has yet to announce its panel for the Ducsu election, due to internal issues.

As Dhaka University prepares to hold the Ducsu election after a six-year hiatus, student organisations are still struggling to finalise their panels even as the deadline for collecting nominations draws to a close.