Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Different student bodies have demanded that the Dhaka University authorities take necessary steps to ensure the peaceful coexistence of leaders and activists of all organisations on the campus to make the much-awaited Ducsu election a participatory one.

The university authorities on January 23 announced to hold the elections to Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) and hall unions on March 11.

With this, the long-pending Ducsu election is going to be held after 28 years as the last one was held on June 6, 1990.

The announcement of the polls date without resolving various issues, including finalisation of voter list and amendment to the Ducsu charter, raised questions about the authorities' sincerity to hold...