




Brief
Jahangirnagar University is a renowned public university in Bangladesh, located in Savar Upazila, Dhaka. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh.
The university stands on the west side of the Asian Highway, popularly known as the Dhaka-Aricha Road, and is 32 kilometers away from the capital. Spread over a land area of 697.56 acres (2.8 km²), the campus surrounded by the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) on the south, and the Savar Cantonment on the northeast, on the north of which is the National Monument (Jatiyo Smriti Soudho) & a large dairy farm on the east. The topography of the land with its gentle rise & plains is shooting to the eye. The water features sprawled around the campus make an excellent habitat for the winter birds that flock in every year in thousands and bird watching here is a favorite pastime for many explorers.
The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a project. Its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mafiz Uddin Ahmad (Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago) took up office on September 24, 1970. The first group of students, a total of 150, was enrolled in four departments: Economics, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics. Its formal inauguration was delayed until January 12, 1971, when the university was launched by Rear Admiral S. M. Ahsan, the Chancellor. From then to still now 12th January is observed as University day. At the time of starting, its name was Jahangirnagar Muslim University, and the initial plan was to operate this university as like as Aligarh Muslim University. But after the independence of Bangladesh, its name changed as Jahangirnagar University under the act of Jahangirnagar University Act’ 1973.
Jahangirnagar University with a dozen residential halls a few more under construction is mandated to provide residential accommodation to each and every students with separate halls for the female students. Each hall has its own administration system headed by a provost and is equipped with facilities like playground, rooms for indoor games, the dining hall etc.
In 2014 the university had a total of 14,500 students, 672 teachers, 206 staffs and 1,200 other employees. There are 35 departments under six faculties.
Jahangirnagar University is culturally vibrant university with number of cultural organizations run by the students and teachers. Some of the well known organizations are-
Jahangirnagr Photographic Society (JPS), Archaeology Debating Club (ADC),Jahangirnagar Theater (TSC),Jahangirnagar Theater (Auditorium), Dhoni, Tori, Jahangirnagar University Debate Organization (JUDO), Jalshiri, Jahangirnagar Cycling Club (JCC), Gitnat, Kal Boishakhi, Jahir Rayhan Chalachitra Sangshad
The university boasts to have the first ever female Vice-Chancellor of any public university in Bangladesh.Dr Farzana Islam, a professor of Anthropology department, was appointed the country’s first-ever female Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University on Sunday, March 2, 2014 for four years.
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Rajendra Government University College is not far away from the main town. This college was established at 1918. Initially it was listed by the government. But later on 1968 it was listed by government. This is the oldest college from the town. Our famous poet "Jasim uddin" was a student of this institution, also he was working with the University of Kolkata from here for research purpose.
When entered inside the college premise, you have found an abandoned building. It was an academic building when this college was build. But accruing with the time, now some new buildings are raised up, and we don't need the old one. Inside the college building, the pillars from the corridor are really eye catching. The round pillars are ornate at the top, and it seems the mixture some British and Muslim culture.
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১৯১৮ সালে প্রতিষ্ঠিত রাজেন্দ্র সরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় কলেজটি ফরিদপুর শহর থেকে খুব বেশি দূরে অবস্থিত নয়। ফরিদপুরের প্রাচীনতম এই কলেজটি প্রথমে বেসরকারি হলেও ১৯৬৮ সালে এটিকে সরকারিকরন করা হয়।
বিখ্যাত কবি জসীমউদ্দিন এই কলেজের ছাত্র ছিলেন। এখান থেকে তিনি গবেষণার জন্য কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাথে কাজ করতেন।
কলেজ প্রাঙ্গনে প্রবেশের পর আপনি একটি পরিত্যাক্ত ভবন দেখতে পাবেন। কলেজ প্রতিষ্ঠার সময় এই ভবনটি কলেজের একাডেমিক ভবন ছিল। কিন্ত সময়ের সাথে নতুন ভবন নির্মাণের ফলে পুরাতন ভবনটি আর কাজে আসছে না।
কলেজ ভবনের অভ্যন্তরে করিডরের পিলারগুলো এককথায় নজরকাড়া। নকশার কাজ করা পিলারগুলোর নির্মাণশৈলীতে মুসলিম এবং ইংরেজদের সংস্কৃতির মিশ্রণ লক্ষ্য করা যায়।
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Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University is the first and only public university established in memory of great national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bangladesh. It is in a place popularly known as Battala (shade of banyan tree) at Trishal Upazilla of Mymensigh district.
The university was established by the government of Bangladesh on 1 March 2005, though the initiative was taken some years before firstly by a non-official group of socio-cultural local elites: Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum. The university was originally conceived to be the first culture-based university in Bangladesh, but the University Act of 2006 made it a general university with a special focus on liberal arts education and activities. The academic program of the university started effective from 3 June 2007 with four departments under two faculties: the three departments of Bengali Language & Literature, English Language & Literature, and Music under the Faculty of Arts and the single Department of Computer Science and Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Two more departments were established the next year under two new faculties: the Department of Accounting and Information Systems under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Economics under the Faculty of Social Science. Two other departments were opened in the academic year 2009-2010 under two faculties: the Department of Finance and Banking under the Faculty of Business Administration and the Department of Fine Arts under the Faculty of Arts. Four additional departments were established in the academic year 2010-11 under four existing faculties, i.e., the Department of Dramatics under the Faculty of Arts, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering under the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Department of Public Administration under the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Department of Human Resource Management under the Faculty of Business Administration. Folklore department under Faculty of Arts will start in 2014. As of September 2014, there were in all thirteenth departments under the four faculties of JKKNIU.
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B M College is one of the renowned Historical college of Beautiful Bangladesh. It is located in the town of Barisal in South-Western Bangladesh. B M College originated from Brajamohan School, which was established in Barisal district of Bangladesh in 1884.
Brojomohun College often known as B M College, B M University College. Romesh Chandra Dutta, then district magistrate of Barisal, motivated Aswini Kumar Dutta to establish the school. It was named after his father Brajamohan Dutta. The school started functioning as a second grade college with the introduction of F A classes in 1889. In 1898, it was upgraded to a first grade degree college.

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বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম স্বনামধন্য ঐতিহাসিক কলেজ হল এই বিএম কলেজ। ১৮৮৪ সালে বরিশাল জেলায় স্থাপিত ব্রজমোহন স্কুল থেকে এই কলেজের উৎপত্তি যেটি বিএম কলেজ এবং বিএম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় কলেজ নামেও পরিচিত। বরিশালের তৎকালীন জেলা ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট রমেশ চন্দ্র দত্ত এই স্কুলটি প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে আশ্বিনী কুমার দত্তকে উৎসাহিত করেন এবং স্কুলটি তাঁর বাবার নামে নামকরন করা হয়। ১৮৮৯ সালে এফ এ ক্লাস চালু করার মাধ্যমে স্কুলটি দ্বিতীয় শ্রেণীর কলেজ হিসেবে যাত্রা শুরু করলেও সে বছরই এটিকে প্রথম শ্রেণীর কলেজ হিসেবে মর্যাদা দেওয়া হয়।
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University of Rajshahi or Rajshahi University (Bengali: রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Raajshaahi Bish-shobid-daloy) is a public university located in Rajshahi, a city in north-western Bangladesh. University of Rajshahi was established in 1953, the second university to be established in what was then East Pakistan.
The university's forty-seven departments are organized into nine faculties. Rajshahi University is located in a 753 acres (3 km2) campus in Motihar, 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the Rajshahi city center. With 25,000 students and close to 1000 academic staff, it is one of the largest universities in Bangladesh. In addition to hosting programs in the Engineering, arts, sciences,agriculture, social sciences, business studies and medical sciences, the university houses a number of institutes of higher studies. This is the premier university in Bangladesh to have online subscription of world renowned journals. The first proposal to establish a university came in 1917, when Calcutta University created the Sadler Commission to assess the university system in Bengal. However, the recommendations of the report had no immediate consequences.
Following the Partition of India in 1947, what is now Bangladesh became East Pakistan. University of Dhaka, established in 1921, was the only university in East Pakistan at the time. Demand for a university in the northern part of East Pakistan gained momentum when two universities were established in West Pakistan without the establishment of any in the east. Students of Rajshahi Collegewere at the forefront of the movement demanding a new university. Finally, Rajshahi was selected as the home for the second university in East Pakistan and the Rajshahi University Act of 1953 (East Bengal Act XV of 1953) was passed by the East Pakistan provincial Assembly on 31 March 1953. Itrat Hossain Zuberi, the Principal of Rajshahi College was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. Initially, the university was housed in temporary locations, such as the local Circuit House and Bara Kuthi, an 18th-centuryDutch establishment. B B Hindu Academy, a local school, housed the library, teachers' lounge and the medical centre of the university. The university started out with 20 professors, 161 students (of which 5 were female) and six departments—Bengali, English, History, Law, Philosophy and Economics. In 1964, the offices moved to the permanent campus.
After independence, a new act regarding the administration of the university came into being—the Rajshahi University Act of 1973. The post-independence years saw the university grow steadily in student enrollment and size of the academic staff. However, the 1980s were turbulent years for the university, as the students agitated with other institutions of the country against the military rule of Hossain Muhammad Ershad. Since early 1990s, the university have seen relative calm and lowering of session backlogs, though active student politics remains a contentious issue to date.
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