, Aug. 19 -- Towards the end of July, the highly anticipated date for elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union was announced, delivering on a key promise of the interim government to restart the culture of student politics centering students' union elections at the country's leading public universities.

DU will hold its first students' union election in six years on September 9. The final voter list containing 39,775 eligible voters- 20,871 male and 18,902 female- was published last week.

Through its long yet chequered history DUCSU has authored some glorious chapters in the history of Bangladesh.

From fiery speeches and protest rallies on the DU campus to the corridors of parliament, DUCSU's influence over the life of...