The government has approved two new private universities, bringing the total to 99 in the country.
The two new universities are Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah in Khulna and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Rajshahi.
Secondary and Higher Education Division’s Additional Secretary Md Mohiuddin Khan said that the government order has already been issued.
“The proposals to clear the two universities were forwarded earlier. It has been approved now,” he told Bangla Tribune.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam is the founder of the two new universities. The mission has been operating the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka from the 1990s.
On Jan 29, the government gave the green-light for ZNRF University of Management Sciences founded by M Zubaidur Rahman.
Eight more universities await approval
Sources at the education ministry said, processes are on to clear another eight universities, out of more than the hundred pending with the ministry.
State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has applied for establishing a private university, named Bandarban University.
Shamsul Alam, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Singapore, has applied for setting up Shah Mokhdum University, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rowshan Ershad for Rowshan Ershad International University Bangladesh, former Jatiya Party MP HM Golam Reza for Singapore University of Bangladesh.
MP Shamsul Alam Bhuiyan seeks approval for Apollo University of Science and Technology, Chief Whip ASM Feroz for South Region University, Engineer AKM Mosharraf Hussain for International Standard University, Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha President Suddhananda Mahathero for Sanghanayek Sradmananda Mahathero University of Ateesh Dipankar.