tbtKU Suhrrid (সুহৃদ)
Suhrrid (সুহৃদ) is a Student Service Platform for the students of Khulna University, designed to be a well-wisher and benefactor for students seeking accommodations and purchasing used items.
Video Demonstration
Course Information
This project is being developed as part of:
- Course: 0714 02 CSE 2206
- Course Name: Database Systems Project/Fieldwork
- Course Teacher: Aminul Islam (Assistant Professor, CSE Discipline, KU)
Team Members
- Kazi Rifat Morshed (Student ID: 230220)
- Md Rimon Islam (Student ID: 230236)
Objectives
Our platform aims to automate the manual processes of:
- Advertising room/hostel/apartment rentals
- Buying and selling used items among university students
Project Type
Non-profit, Social Service, Automation
Key Features
- The registration system requires student ID for Khulna University students and addresses for outsiders.
- Email-based login system.
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Information on room/hostel/apartment includes:
- Number of rooms available
- Number of people needed
- Floor
- Location
- Photo of building and room
- Photo of washroom
- Total rent cost (excluding bills and charges)
- Details on electricity, gas, water, security, and internet bills
- Room size
- Garage availability
- Balcony size
- Advertisements are removed after transaction approval.
- Ads that are 15 days old automatically become inactive and won't be shown in the feed, but can be accessed via ad ID or from the user dashboard.
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Dashboard for the maintainer/admin to inspect:
- Warned users
- Reported users
- Reported ads
- Pending ads waiting for approval
- Banned users have their profile highlighted in red.
- Moderators can see warning and ban buttons on user profiles (except their own).
- Banned users are shown a notice when attempting to log in.
- Restriction to prevent admins/moderators from warning or blocking themselves.
- The admin can add and remove moderators.
- Users can create ads for room/mess rentals and selling used items.
- Ad renewal feature: Users can renew ads and see renewal status in their profile's ad list.
- Favorites/marking system for ads.
- Any user can comment on any post.
- Reporting system: Reported ads are highlighted (font color set to red).
- Announcements are fetched from a text file and displayed.
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Ad details include:
- Room count
- Student count
- Available from
- Agreement policy
- Bathroom details
- Roommate details
- Location link (map)
- Religion preference
- Security
- Furniture
- Entry time
- Owner’s name/contact
- Distance from KU
- Facing side
- Kitchen/fridge/drinking water/balcony/room size
- Nearby landmarks
- Utility bills and facilities detailed per ad (food, CCTV, geyser, IPS, Wi-Fi, electricity, garbage, fridge, security, assistant, etc.)
- Prevention of invalid user account access/manipulation via direct URL.
- Feedback/error handling in form submissions.
- Highlighting/restricting access as per user roles and statuses (banned, moderator, admin).
- Clear user feedback via UI highlights (red color for banned/reported).
Current Status
The project is currently under development. We are working on creating a platform that will significantly improve the housing search and used item marketplace experience for KU students.