CUCSU polls open after 35 years, festive atmosphere prevails

After a gap of 35 years, the long-awaited Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU), hall council and hostel council elections have begun. A total of 27,516 students at Chittagong University can cast their ballots in the polls, which were scheduled to open at 9am on Wednesday, but later opened at 9:30am. Azimul Shakib Shojib, a first-year student of the Department of Political Science, told bdnews24.com: “Within three months of my admission, I am getting the chance to vote in the CUCSU polls. This is the first chance I have had to cast a vote of any kind. That is why I have high hopes for it. I will vote with care.” Taimul Hasib, a student of the Department of Philosophy,...