Are we here to study or do politics?

The residential students of Dhaka University are going through untold sufferings. In addition to all other problems such as the quality of food and living space, student politics has become a major problem especially for the first-year students with the student wing of the ruling party often forcing students to attend political programmes and showdowns. As a result, residential students often miss important classes. If someone is ill, he has to take 'permission' from at least three 'boro bhais' with party affiliations to exempt him from political programmes! It is no way an ideal environment to study. If this condition continues, DU students will fail to live up to the standards set before. 

MS Islam
Student, University of Dhaka