MAHATHIR MOHAMMED

Despite Dhaka University students paying fees for Ducsu and hall union funds every year, the newly elected committees have had to begin their activities with a “zero bank balance”.

Leaders said they are struggling to initiate their activities due to the lack of money.

According to Ducsu constitution, a budget must be prepared by the general secretary and submitted to the executive committee within 14 days of assuming office.

Before that, all committee members are supposed to submit their own draft budget proposals to the GS.

However, a Ducsu executive committee member said on October 2 that they had been asked to submit their draft proposals only a few days ago.

Each DU student is required to pay Tk 60 for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and another Tk 60 for their respective hall union each academic session. By that calculation, at least Tk 90 lakh should have accumulated for Ducsu and another Tk 90 lakh for the hall unions since 2020, when the last Ducsu committee’s tenure ended.

“It is totally zero. There is no money either for Ducsu or the hall unions,” said Prof HM Mosarof Hossain, the newly nominated treasurer of Ducsu.

He said a Sonali Bank account exists in the name of Ducsu but has been inactive for years due to the absence of transactions.

“If the Ducsu fees were separated from the admission fees and had been transferred to the account, there should be at least Tk 90 lakh for Ducsu,” he said, adding that the collected amounts were instead deposited into the university’s main account.

He also said the new committee did not receive any leftover funds or audit reports from the previous one.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Shaiful Islam, director of accounts at DU, said Since

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