Where to Stay
There are more than 71 quality hotel in Dhaka. Some are listed below…
1. Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka
107 , Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 811 1005
Website : Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka
2. Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
1 Minto Road, Shahbagh, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Phone : 88-02-8330001
Fax : 88-02-8312975
Email : sales@ruposhibanglahotel.com
Website : Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
3. Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka
Airport Road, Dhaka Cantonment,
Dhaka 1206 Bangladesh.
Telephone: + 88 02 8754555
Fax: + 88 02 8754554 , + 88 02 8754504
Email : reservations.dhaka[at]radisson.com
Website : Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Dhaka Bangladesh
4. Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort
Airport Road, Nikunja 2
Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Phone : +88-02-8913912, +880 2 8900250-9
Fax : +88-02-8911479
Email : info@dhakaregency.com
Website : www.dhakaregency.com
5. Best Western La Vinci Hotel, Dhaka
54, Kawran Bazar,
Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
Phone No : 880-2-9119352
Fax No : 880-2-9131218
E-mail : lavinci[at]bol-online.com ,
reservation[at]lavincihotel.com
Web : www.lavincihotel.com
6. The Westin Hotel
Main Gulshan Avenue,
Plot-01, Road 45, Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Phone : 88-02-9891988
7. Royal Park Residence Hotel
House no. 85, Road no. 25A
Block – A, Banani,
Dhaka 1213 Bangladesh.
Telephone: + 88 02 8815945/46
Fax: + 88 02 8815299
Email : hotelinfo[at]royalparkbd.com
Website : Royal Park Residence Hotel
8. Bengal Inn
House # 07, Road # 16,
Gulshan – 01
Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh.
Tel: +880 2 98880236, 9880610
Fax: +880 2 9880274
Email : info[at]bengalinn.com
Website : www.bengalinn.com
9. Hotel Sarina Dhaka
Plot #27, Road #17
Banani C/A,
Dhaka 1213 Bangladesh.
Tel: +880 2 8859604 -10, 8851040 -2, 8851011-4
Fax: +880 2 988-9989
Email : sales[at]sarinahotel.com, reservations[at]sarinahotel.com
Website : www.sarinahotel.com
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Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur (Bengali: ঢাকা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Ḍhākā Prokoushol Ō Prayukti Bishshobiddalôe) or DUET is one of the reputed public university for the study of engineering in Bangladesh. The university offer four-year Bachelor degrees in Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Engineering and Five-years Bachelor of Architecture. Only the Diploma in Engineering holders can avail themselves of enrolling here for Bachelor Degree in different branches of Engineering and Architecture. It is also one of the nine PhD granting research universities of Bangladesh.
Every year, around 540 students get enrolled in undergraduate programs to study engineering and architecture in this institution. In undergraduate admission test, only about top 10% students can get admitted among 5,000 selected candidates. The total number of teachers is about 300. The University has continued to expand over the last three decades. This includes the construction of new academic buildings, halls of residence.
The University originated in 1980 as College of Engineering at its temporary campus at Tejgaon, Dhaka under the University of Dhaka offering four years ' Bachelor degree in Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical Engineering 'to help meet the growing need for advanced engineering education in Bangladesh. After a short span of time, College of Engineering is renamed as Dhaka Engineering College (DEC). Then the DEC shifted to its present permanent campus Gazipur City in 1983. DEC was converted to Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Dhaka as a degree awarding Institute by the government ordinance in 1986 to find solutions to various problems it had been facing since its inception. The journey of BIT, Dhaka was not also so smooth. It faced many problems and could overcame some of the problems faced by DEC. To alleviate this situation, from September 2003, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur was created out of BIT, Dhaka. DUET has ultimately turned into an Institution, which can now boost its commitment to quality engineering education and has established a good reputation all over the world for the quality of its graduate.
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প্রকৌশল বিষয়ে লেখাপড়া করার জন্য গাজীপুরে অবস্থিত ঢাকা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (ডুয়েট) হল দেশের অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় সরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়। এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে যেসব বিষয়ে ডিগ্রী অর্জন করা যায় সেগুলোর মধ্যে রয়েছেঃ সিভিল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, ইলেকট্রিকাল এবং ইলেক্ট্রনিক ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, ইণ্ডাসট্রিয়াল এন্ড প্রোডাকশন ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, মেকানিকাল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, টেক্সটাইল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এ চার বছর মেয়াদী ব্যাচেলর ডিগ্রী এবং স্থাপত্যবিদ্যায় পাঁচবছর মেয়াদী ব্যাচেলর ডিগ্রী। শুধুমাত্র ডিপ্লোমা ইন ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং ডিগ্রীধারীরা এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে প্রকৌশল এবং স্থাপত্যবিদ্যার বিভিন্ন শাখায় ব্যাচেলর ডিগ্রী অর্জনের জন্য ভর্তি হতে পারে। এছাড়া বাংলাদেশের নয়টি পিএইচডি ডিগ্রী প্রদানকারী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের মধ্যে একটি হল ডুয়েট।
প্রতি বছর এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে প্রায় ৫৪০ জন ছাত্রছাত্রী প্রকৌশল এবং স্থাপত্যবিদ্যায় স্নাতক ডিগ্রী অর্জনের জন্য ভর্তি হয়ে থাকে। প্রতিবছর ভর্তি পরীক্ষায় প্রায় ৫০০০ জন পরীক্ষার্থীদের মধ্যে মাত্র ১০% ছাত্রছাত্রী এখানে ভর্তির সুযোগ পেয়ে থাকে। এই শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানে শিক্ষক ও শিক্ষিকার সংখ্যা প্রায় ৩০০ জন। নতুন একাডেমিক ভবন এবং বিভিন্ন ছাত্র ও ছাত্রী হল নির্মাণের মাধ্যমে বিগত তিন দশকে এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়টির প্রসার ঘটেছে।
বাংলাদেশে প্রকৌশলবিদ্যায় উচ্চশিক্ষা প্রদানের প্রয়োজনীয়তা মেটাতে ১৯৮০ সালে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধীনে ঢাকার তেজগাঁওয়ের অস্থায়ী এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়টি কলেজ অফ ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং হিসেবে প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়। সেসময় এখান থেকে সিভিল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, ইলেকট্রিকাল এবং ইলেক্ট্রনিক ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং, মেকানিকাল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং বিষয়ে চার বছর মেয়াদী ব্যাচেলর ডিগ্রী অর্জন করা যেতো। কিছুদিন পরই কলেজ অফ ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং এর নাম পরিবর্তন করে রাখা হয় ঢাকা ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ (ডিইসি) এবং ১৯৮৩ সালে ডিইসিকে গাজীপুরের স্থায়ী ক্যাম্পাসে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। প্রতিষ্ঠার পর থেকে সম্মুখীন হওয়া বিভিন্ন সমস্যা মোকাবেলায় ১৯৮৬ সালে সরকারের অর্ডিন্যান্সের মাধ্যমে ডিইসিকে বাংলাদেশ ইন্সটিটিউট অফ টেকনোলজি (বিআইটি) ঢাকাতে রুপান্তরিত করা হয়। ডিইসির সম্মুখীন হওয়া বিভিন্ন সমস্যার সমাধান করতে পারলেও বিআইটির যাত্রাপথ মোটেও মসৃণ ছিল না কারন বিআইটিকেও নানাবিধ সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হতে হয়েছিল। তাই সমস্যার সমাধানকল্পে ২০০৩ সালের সেপ্টেম্বরে বিআইটিকে ঢাকা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে (ডুয়েট) রুপান্তর করা হয়। একটি প্রতিষ্ঠান হিসেবে প্রতিষ্ঠা পাওয়ার পাশাপাশি ডুয়েট বর্তমানে প্রকৌশলের উপর মানসম্মত শিক্ষা প্রদান করছে এবং এখান থেকে উত্তীর্ণ ছাত্রছাত্রীদের উঁচু মানের কারনে বিশ্বব্যাপী খ্যাতিও অর্জন করেছে।
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[name] => Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University
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Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) was established at Santosh, Tangail in 1999 with a view to provide modern and scientific knowledge through high quality education to the students. Today's MBSTU is the outcome of the dream which had been dreamt by Mawlana Bhashani long ago. The students are educated in such a way, that they would also have knowledge on life history of Mawlana Bhashani and his social & political activities, ethics. In the true spirit of interdisciplinary approach, the students would, therefore, emerge as professionals with a humane outlook towards life.
On 21 November 2002 Prof. Dr. Md. Yusuf Sharif Ahmed Khan had been appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of the university and finally MBSTU started running officially with only two departments -Information and Communication Technology (ICT) & Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) under the first faculty of the university, which is the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering. MBSTU had started its first academic activities with a total of 83 students and 5 teachers of the CSE faculty on 25 October 2003. After about eight months of academic duration of the university, two new departments were opened - Environmental Science & Resource Management (ESRM) and Criminology & Police Science (CPS) under the second faculty of the university, which is the Faculty of Life Science.
In the 2005-2006 academic session, three more departments were opened. These newly added departments were - Textile Engineering (TE), under the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering and Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (BGE), Food Technology & Nutritional Science (FTNS), under the Faculty of Life Science.In the 2010-2011 academic session, four more departments were added under the two newly opened faculties - the Faculty of Business Studies and the Faculty of General Science. These departments were, Bachelor of Business Administration, under the Faculty of Business Studies; Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry & Physics, under the Faculty of General Science.
At present the university holds a total of about 2000 students and is making its way towards success and glory.
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[post_content] => The need for an open university in Bangladesh was felt long ago. The history of distance education in Bangladesh dates back to 1956, when the Education Directorate was assigned with the responsibility for distribution of 200 radio receivers to educational institutions. This led to the creation of an Audio-Visual Cell, which was upgraded to Audio-Visual Education Centre in 1962. No further progress in distance education was made till 1971.
After Independence, Bangladesh faced the challenge of meeting the educational needs of mass people. To meet this challenge the necessity for a new mode of education was widely felt. As a sequel to that feeling, the School Broadcasting Pilot Project was launched in 1978. The project was transformed into National Institute of Educational Media and Technology (NIEMT) in 1983. NIEMT was later replaced by the Bangladesh Institute of Distance Education (BIDE) in 1985. Apart from producing audio-visual materials, BIDE offered the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) program in distance mode. The success of BIDE encouraged policymakers to take up a major plan for establishing an open university. The plan became a reality in October 1992 when the Bangladesh Open University Act 1992 was passed in the Parliament.
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Carmichael College is a part of heritage and history of Uttar Bongo (northern Bangladesh). It is indeed one of the oldest colleges in the country.
Rangpur Carmichael College (রংপুর কারমাইকেল কলেজ) is one of the most prestigious colleges of northern Bangladesh. It has a campus of almost 300 acres and is possibly the largest in the country, in terms of its area. It was established in 1916, with the generous help of several landlords, including Gopal Lal Roy Bahadur, Mohima Ranjan Roy, Babu Monidra Chandra Roy, Radha Ballav Saha and others. It boasts a large lush green campus with several uniquely designed buildings.
The first three colleges of the country were named only after the district headquarters where they were located (Dhaka College, 1841, Chittagong College, 1869, & Rajshahi College, 1873). Similarly this new institution could have been named Rangpur College. However, several institutions that had been founded in the districts of Barisal (Brojo Mohan College, 1884), Sylhet (Murari Chand College, 1892), Pabna (Edward College, 1898), Comilla (Victoria College, 1899), Mymensingh (Ananda Mohan College, 1901) & Khulna (Braja Lal College, 1902) had taken names after their patrons. So when Lord Baron Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling, the then First Governor of Bengal, formally inaugurated the institution, it naturally took up the name Rangpur Carmichael College.
From the outset, this was under the governance of Calcutta University, and was only permitted to teach Arts subjects, both at Higher Secondary and Graduation level. Lord Lytton, the Governor of Bengal visited the college in 1922. He was amazed at the beauty of the campus, the fascinating infrastructure, and the quality of education that was being offered here. He immediately permitted the college to begin teaching science subjects. The same year, Calcutta University also permitted the college to begin graduation courses in Bangla, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics & Mathematics. Bachelor of Science degrees were introduced in 1925.
The college currently offers graduation courses in 17 disciplines and post graduation courses in 15 subjects. From the 2011-12 academic year, the college reopened the Higher Secondary courses, having put that on hold for 14 years.
Rangpur Carmichael College was under the purview of Calcutta University till 1947, Dhaka University during 1947-1952, Rajshahi University during 1953-1992, and the National University thereafter.
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