Dhaka, Monday, Sep 29, 2025
Students’ unions in Bangladesh universities, particularly the public ones, are very important student bodies, as they work for protecting the interests of the student community. Their roles are also considered crucial in improving the standards of education and student-teacher relations.Unfortunately, these students’ organisations cannot play their due role due to the worsening political culture in Bangladesh. Students in Bangladesh have always played a very encouraging role whenever the country had been at the crossroads, or plunged into political crises.During the July-August mass uprising, it was the students again who took to the streets, forging an unprecedented movement against the Sheikh Hasina regime that ultimately toppled her government on August 5, 2024. An extraordinary national unity was seen across the board, raising hopes among people that the much-sought democracy would finally usher in. But the people’s desires have been crushed amid growing political bickering and mudslinging.As the students were at the ...
