The University of Dhaka
also known as Dhaka University or simply DU is the
oldest university in modern Bangladesh. Established in 1921 during
the British Raj, it has been a significant contributor to the modern
history of Bangladesh After the Partition of India, it became the
focal point of progressive and democratic movements in
Pakistan. Its students and teachers played a central role in the rise of Bengali
nationalism and the independence of Bangladesh.
The university's distinguished alumni include Fazlur Rahman Khan (pioneer of modern
structural engineering), Muhammad Yunus(winner of the 2006 Nobel
Peace Prize, pioneer of Microcredit), Muhammad Shahidullah (Famous educator,
philologist, and linguist),Rehman Sobhan (social democratic
economist), Mohammad Ataul Karim (physicist), Abul Fateh (one
of the founding fathers of South Asian diplomacy), Buddhadeb Bose (20th
century Bengali poet), and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (the founding father
of Bangladesh). It also enjoyed associations with Satyendra Nath Bose, Vijayaraghavan, and Kazi Nazrul
Islam
Today, it is the largest public
university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 33,000 and a
faculty of 1,800. It was identified byAsiaWeek as
one of the top 100 universities in Asia However,
since the 1990s, the university has suffered from intensely politicized,
partisan, and violent campus politics promoted by Bangladesh's political
parties
Dhaka University Admission test 2016-17 circular published and the process already started from 22.08.2016 and end 07.092016.
All information and application available in the following link
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