Savar, Aug. 28 -- Despite making up nearly half of the voters female students at Jahangirnagar University (JU) are showing little interest in contesting the upcoming Jucsu election as many are citing cyber bullying and social harassment as the main deterrents.

Due to female students' reluctance to participate in Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (Jucsu) election there has been a shortage of candidates in both the central student council and hall council elections.

In most of the female halls, no candidates were found for several posts highlighting a clear lack of competition.

Talking to UNB, several female students said they fear online propaganda, distorted images, personal attacks and a lack of equal opportunities in a...