The elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and the hall unions will be held on 9 September.
Chief Returning Officer Prof Mohammad Jasim Uddin made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the conference room of the Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building in DU.
Meanwhile, the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) will be held on September 11 and the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) election will be held on September 15, according to announcements made by the respective university authorities.
Earlier, DUCSU election returning officials exchanged views with the student representatives of various department and Institute for second time as part of the preparation of DUCSU and hall union polls.
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 on Tuesday. Photo : BSS
The second-round meeting was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university on July 14.
First round meeting was held on July 13.
The student representatives gave their opinions on various aspects including polls preparation, administrative cooperation and security arrangement, and voting process.
They also gave various recommendations to ensure the environment of free, fair and peaceful election.
The DUCSU Election Commission, formed on 16 June, held its first meeting on June 22.
Chief Returning Officer Prof Mohammad Zashim Uddin announced that stakeholder consultations would guide the scheduling process.
The commission met all hall provosts on 24 June and held sessions with student bodies on June 26.
Ducsu elections have been held 37 times -- 29 of them during British and Pakistani rule over 50 years.
Since independence, the university has held only eight elections in 53 years.
With no Ducsu polls in five years since the 2019 term expired, students currently lack representation in the university's Senate.
Nomination papers can be collected between August 12 and 18 from 10am to 4pm while the last date for submission is August 19 by 3pm.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on August 20 with the preliminary list of candidates to be published at 1pm on August 21.
The deadline for the withdrawal of candidacy is August 25 and the final list of candidates will be published at 4pm on August 26.
