Staff Reporter:
Leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and various hall unions, along with a group of students, laid siege to the Registrar Building of Dhaka University demanding a resolution to the residential accommodation crisis for students of the 2025–26 academic session, end to ongoing irreg-ularities and harassment at the administrative level.
Around 1.00pm yesterday, the protesters gathered in front of the Registrar Building and staged a demon-stration before proceeding to the Vice-Chancellor’s office to present their demands.
During a discussion with the Vice-Chancellor, the students raised issues including the acute seat shortage for freshmen, mismanagement at the Registrar Building, negligence by officials, and political influence and irregularities in seat allocation.
Among those present at the meeting were Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Sayma Haque Bidisha, Proctor Professor Saifuddin Ahmed, Convener of the Provost Standing Committee Dr. Abdullah-Al-Mamun, along with other teachers.
After the meeting, DUCSU General Secretary SM Farhad told journalists that the program aimed to hold the administration accountable for widespread mismanagement, harassment, lack of follow-up, absence of cross-checking systems, and irregular presence of officials at the Registrar Building.
“Officials often remain absent, fail to provide services on time, and students have to spend five days to complete tasks that should take one day. We went to meet the Registrar but did not find him initially; he arrived much later,” he said.
While, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. A.B.M. Obaidul Islam told journalists and student leaders that he had listened to all their demands and would hold discussions with the hall provost standing committee.
“By the 30th of this month, a final report will be prepared detailing the number of vacant seats and the overall situation in each hall,” he said.
