The Jagannath University Central Students’ Union (JnUCSU) and hall union elections have been postponed.
University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Rezaul Karim disclosed the decision to journalists on Tuesday, following a syndicate meeting.
He said details regarding the revised election schedule would be announced later.
Although voting was scheduled to begin at 8:30am on Tuesday, an emergency syndicate meeting was convened after news broke of the death of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Following the syndicate’s decision, the university administration announced the postponement of the elections.
Begum Khaleda Zia, the country’s first female prime minister and chairperson of the BNP, has passed away at the age of 80.
She died while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Tuesday morning around 6am, confirmed her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain.
Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital on November 23 for routine tests, during which doctors detected a chest infection and decided to keep her under observation.
Her condition worsened on November 27, prompting her transfer to the hospital’s Coronary Care Unit (CCU).
In the early hours of Tuesday, Professor Hossain, a member of the medical board overseeing her treatment, had described her state as “very critical.”
