Khagrachhari, March 23 -- A crumbling infrastructure and a growing sense of frustration are now the grim reality at Manikchhari Girimaithri Government Degree College in Khagrachhari's Manikchhari upazila.

With every passing year, the institution finds itself drowning under the weight of an ever-rising number of examinees, yet no help seems to be coming.

The college, established in 1990 and nationalised in 2018, is now at breaking point.

What was once a modest institution serving local students has become an overstretched exam centre, catering not only to its own students but also to the ones from neighbouring colleges in Guimara and Lakshmichhari.

Even Ideal College from the same upazila has recently joined the list, further aggravati...