Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has extended until Wednesday its earlier order that halted a High Court (HC) directive, suspending the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election until October 30.

Justice Farah Mahbub, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order on Tuesday following a petition filed by the Dhaka University (DU) authorities, seeking a stay on the HC order. The chamber judge also sent the petition, filed by the DU vice-chancellor, to its regular bench for detail hearing on Wednesday (today).

Advocate Shishir Manir, who represented the DU during the court proceedings, said the matter would come as item number-one on the Wednesday's cause-list of the Appellate D...