Nurul Haque Nur, who was elected vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union, finally assumed office today as the union became functional after nearly three decades with the first executive meeting of the elected leaders.
Amid calls for re-election from a number of major panels, the meeting started at the Ducsu building around 11:00am with Ducsu President and Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
Ducsu General Secretary Golam Rabbani delivered the welcome speech and introduced the elected panel leaders of the central council.
DU VC Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman validated the newly-elected council for one year.
Ducsu Assistant General Saddam Hossain told media that they would pay homage to the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi 32, Central Shaheed Minar and Memory Eternal sculpture on the campus today.
Elaborate preparations were taken at the Ducsu building for holding the first executive meeting.
Nur, also a popular figure of the quota reform movement, yesterday announced that he and the other leader of his panel would take charge alongside continuing movement for re-election.
Meanwhile, several activists of leftist organization Chhatra Federation were staging demonstration to press for the re-election to Ducsu.
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