'Dhaka Central University' officially named for 7 colleges in Capital

The name of the new university, formed by seven government colleges in the capital previously affiliated with Dhaka University, has been finalised as 'Dhaka Central University'.

From now on, the activities of these seven colleges will be carried out under this new name.

This decision was made during a meeting with a 32-member student delegation at the UGC on Sunday ( March 16).

Earlier, there was confusion among the student delegation in choosing between two proposed names: 'Dhaka Central University' and 'Federal University'.

Following the University Grants Commission's (UGC) suggestion to resolve the confusion, the student delegation finally decided on 'Dhaka Central University' as the new name. Seventeen members of the delegation voted in favor of 'Dhaka Central University'.

Earlier, on March 13, Md Jamal Uddin, deputy director of Public Universities at the UGC, issued a circular announcing the organization of a view-exchange meeting with team leaders of student representatives regarding the naming of the seven colleges.

The naming meeting for the proposed university will be held on March 16 at 10 am in the conference room, chaired by the commission chairman, to establish an independent university structure for the seven colleges, it read.