CUCSU elections: Ballot boxes reach centres amid heightened security

After 18 days of campaigning, the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) and the hall and hostel union elections are set to be held on Wednesday -- marking the first such polls in three and a half decades. On Tuesday morning, the usually busy campus appeared unusually quiet. Campaigning had ceased, and members of the Election Commission were seen making last-minute preparations for the long-awaited vote. More than a hundred members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), both in uniform and plainclothes, have been deployed across the campus to ensure security during the election. They visited the CUCSU Bhaban and were seen patrolling the area. Police personnel were also stationed at key points around the university. At the CUCSU Bhaban,...