Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) locked the university’s administrative building on Monday, January 19, 2026, demanding that the Shahjalal University Central Students’ Union (ShakSU) election be held on time. The protest began around 12:30 p.m., with students chanting slogans calling for the election to proceed as scheduled and asserting their right to student representation.

Earlier, members of the Nationalist Teachers’ Forum held a press conference announcing that they would not cooperate with the election process. They also urged election commission members with specific ideological affiliations to resign. Following this announcement, eight election commissioners reportedly submitted their resignations.

The student demonstration and the commissioners’ resignations have created uncertainty over whether the ShakSU election will proceed as planned, with tensions rising between student groups and sections of the university’s faculty.