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72-587: The three-domed mosque is currently situated in the University of Dhaka campus, beside Shahidullah Hall and behind the Curzon Hall . The mosque is now under significant threat due to a metro-rail project of the government of Bangladesh and is included in the list of 75 structures that may face serious consequences due to the metro-rail. The land of Bengal in medieval age was used to be ruled by approximately twelve landlords who were popularly known as Baro-Bhuyan in

144-417: A collection of over 30,000 manuscripts in other languages and a large number of microfilms, microfiche, and CDs. It subscribes to over 300 foreign journals. The Dhaka University Library comprises three buildings: The administrative building, the main library building, and the science library building. The administrative building has administrative offices, a book acquisition section, a book processing section,

216-469: A corporate entity and was renamed Grameen II in 2002. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work providing microcredit services to the poor. Microcredit organizations were initially created as alternatives to the "loan sharks" known to take advantage of clients. Indeed, many microlenders began as non-profit organizations and operated with government funds or private subsidies . By

288-402: A key part of microcredit, microcredit initially began with the principle of lending to individuals. Despite the use of solidarity circles in 1970s Jobra, Grameen Bank and other early microcredit institutions initially focused on individual lending. (A solidarity circle is a group of borrowers that provide mutual encouragement, information, and assistance in times of need, though loans remain

360-465: A modified form of peer-to-peer lending where a loan is not made in the form of a single, direct loan, but as the aggregation of a number of smaller loans—often at a negligible interest rate. Examples of platforms that connect lenders to micro-entrepreneurs via Internet are Kiva , Zidisha , and the Microloan Foundation . Another internet-based microlender, United Prosperity (now defunct), uses

432-417: A new strategy to combine microcredits with health-care services, since the health of their clients is crucial to the success of microcredits. Though Grameen Bank initially tried to lend to both men and women at equal rates, women presently make up ninety-five percent of the bank's clients. Women continue to make up seventy-five percent of all microcredit recipients worldwide. Exclusive lending to women began in

504-655: A reprographic section, a bookbinding section, a manuscript section, and a seminar section. Besides the Faculty of Business Studies of the university has an E-Library which is the largest in the Asia of its kind. This advanced level E-Library is connected with 35 internationally renowned libraries and publication houses in the world. Teachers, students, and researchers can read all journals, books research papers, and articles of these leading libraries, including Dhaka University, Oxford University , and Cambridge University libraries, by using

576-595: A result of accepting the loans. According to a recent survey of microfinance borrowers in Ghana published by the Center for Financial Inclusion, more than one-third of borrowers surveyed reported struggling to repay their loans. In recent years, microcredit providers have shifted their focus from the objective of increasing the volume of lending capital available, to address the challenge of providing microfinance loans more affordably. Analyst David Roodman contends that in mature markets,

648-454: A variation on the usual microlending model; with United Prosperity the micro-lender provides a guarantee to a local bank which then lends back double that amount to the micro-entrepreneur. United Prosperity claims this provides both greater leverage and allows the micro-entrepreneur to develop a credit history with their local bank for future loans. In 2009, the US-based nonprofit Zidisha became

720-422: A verifiable credit history . It is designed to support entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty. Many recipients are illiterate, and therefore unable to complete paperwork required to get conventional loans. As of 2009 an estimated 74 million people held microloans that totaled nearly US$ 40 billion. Grameen Bank reports that repayment success rates are between 95 and 98 percent. The first economist who had invented

792-729: Is a public research university located in Dhaka , Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in Bangladesh. The university was founded in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council . Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah , who pioneered the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. It is modeled after British Universities . Currently it

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864-569: Is distributed to groups rather than individuals. Many times the loan to one participant in group-lending depends upon the successful repayment from another member, thus transferring repayment responsibility off of microcredit institutions to loan recipients. Microcredit is a tool that can possibly be helpful to reduce the feminization of poverty in developing countries. Lending to women has become an important principle in microcredit, with banks and NGOs such as BancoSol, WWB , and Pro Mujer catering to women exclusively. Pro Mujer also implemented

936-731: Is expected to lead to improved nutrition and improved education of the borrowers' children. Some argue that microcredit empowers women. In the US, UK and Canada, it is argued that microcredit helps recipients to graduate from welfare programs. Critics say that microcredit, if not carefully directed, may not increase incomes, and may drive poor households into a debt trap . They add that the money from loans may be used for durable consumer goods or consumption instead of being used for productive investments, that it may fail to empower women, and that it may not improve health or education. The available evidence indicates that in many cases microcredit has facilitated

1008-549: Is just one factor influencing the success of a small businesses, whose success is influenced to a much larger extent by how much an economy or a particular market grows. Unintended consequences of microfinance include informal intermediation: some entrepreneurial borrowers may become informal intermediaries between microfinance initiatives and poorer micro-entrepreneurs. Those who more easily qualify for microfinance may split loans into smaller credit to even poorer borrowers. Informal intermediation ranges from casual intermediaries at

1080-445: Is that the traditional approach to microcredit has made only limited progress in resolving the problem it purports to address: that the world's poorest people pay the world's highest cost for small business growth capital. The high costs of traditional microcredit loans limit their effectiveness as a poverty-fighting tool. Borrowers who do not manage to earn a rate of return at least equal to the interest rate may actually end up poorer as

1152-643: Is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. It has made significant contributions 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 in 1971. Notable alumni include Physicist Satyendra Nath Bose , known for Bose–Einstein statistics and

1224-488: Is the official students' union of the University of Dhaka. It is better known in Bangladesh as DUCSU. It exists to represent Dhaka University students in the university's decision-making, to act as the voice for students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provide direct services to the student body. It was established in the academic year of 1922–23 as Dhaka University Student Union. Its first constitution

1296-497: Is the official stadium of the University of Dhaka. It hosts many inter-collegiate and intra-collegiate sports tournaments at inter-city and national levels. Directorate organizes and conducts inter-departmental and inter-hall tournaments, individual hall athletics, Dhaka University athletics, and inter-university games and sports. Students participate in national championships in games and sports for which prior training and coaching are offered. Dhaka University Central Students' Union

1368-709: The Calmeadow Foundation tested an analogous peer-lending model in three locations in Canada during the 1990s. It concluded that a variety of factors—including difficulties in reaching the target market, the high risk profile of clients, their general distaste for the joint liability requirement, and high overhead costs—made solidarity lending unviable without subsidies. Microcredits have also been introduced in Israel , Russia , Ukraine and other nations where micro-loans help small business entrepreneurs overcome cultural barriers in

1440-519: The Grameen Bank . The Grameen Bank, which is generally considered the first modern microcredit institution, was founded in 1983 by Muhammad Yunus . Yunus began the project in a small town called Jobra, using his own money to deliver small loans at low-interest rates to the rural poor. Grameen Bank was followed by organizations such as BRAC in 1972 and ASA in 1978. Microcredit reached Latin America with

1512-573: The International Year of Microcredit . As of 2012, microcredit is widely used in developing countries and is presented as having "enormous potential as a tool for poverty alleviation." Some argue that microcredit has not had a positive impact on gender relationships, does not alleviate poverty, has led many borrowers into a debt trap and constitutes a "privatization of welfare". The first randomized evaluation of microcredit, conducted by Mr. Abhijit Banerjee and others, showed mixed results: there

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1584-609: The 1980s when Grameen Bank found that women have higher repayment rates, and tend to accept smaller loans than men. Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is the oldest and probably best-known microfinance institution in the world. Grameen Bank launched their US operations in New York in April 2008. Bank of America has announced plans to award more than $ 3.7 million in grants to nonprofits to use in backing microloan programs. The Accion U.S. Network ,

1656-519: The 1980s, however, the "financial systems approach", influenced by neoliberalism and propagated by the Harvard Institute for International Development , became the dominant ideology among microcredit organizations. The neoliberal model of microcredit can also be referred to as the institutionist model, which promotes applying market solutions as a viable way to address social problems. The commercialization of microcredit officially began in 1984 with

1728-531: The Comilla Model, in which credit is distributed through community-based initiatives. The project failed due to the over-involvement of the Pakistani government, and the hierarchies created within communities as certain members began to exert more control over loans than others. The origins of microcredit in its current practical incarnation can be linked to several organizations founded in Bangladesh , especially

1800-465: The Department of Sociology. The Faculty of Business Studies has a modern food court for its students. The university consists of 13 Faculties and 83 Departments. The Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) was established in 1970 as a Faculty of Commerce. It started the journey with two departments- the Department of Accounting and the Department of Management. Two more departments were created in 1974 and

1872-528: The E-Library facilities. This e-library was built in collaboration with Robi Axiata Limited in August 2015. It can accommodate around 1400 students altogether. The 12,000 square feet library has three sections: a computer section, a silent zone, and a discussion zone. Some 7,000 students and 208 teachers of the faculty are being directly benefited from the facility. The Medical Center of the University of Dhaka, near

1944-588: The Faculty of Business Studies. Muhammad Abdul Moyeen became the acting dean of the Faculty of Business Studies in May 2020. Currently, there are nearly 153 teachers, 10 officers, 58 employees, and nearly 6100 students under the faculty and the departments are as follows. The University of Dhaka organizes sports and other extracurricular and recreational activities. The office of the Director of physical education provides three types of programs: University of Dhaka ground

2016-560: The Irish Loan Funds of the 18th and 19th centuries. John Wesley began a microcredit scheme in 1746. His journal on 17/1/1748 records: I made a public collection toward a lending stock for the poor. Our rule is, to lend only twenty shillings at once, which is repaid weekly within three months. I began this about a year and a half ago: thirty pounds sixteen shillings were then collected; and out of this, no less than two hundred and fifty-five persons have been relieved in eighteen months. In

2088-485: The Muslim majority Eastern Bengal and Assam as a separate province, with Dhaka as its capital. All India Muslim League , newly formed in Dhaka, wholeheartedly supported the move. However, the partition was abolished in 1911 due to severe opposition from Indian National Congress and Bengali Hindus. Deeply hurt by the decision of annulment of Bengal partition, a Muslim delegation led by Nawabb Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur ,

2160-501: The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 – English Language & Literature, only two South Asian universities, including the University of Dhaka (ranking 251–300), were found in the rankings. The first vice-chancellor of the university was Philip Hartog . There have been 30 vice chancellors of Dhaka University. The current one is Niaz Ahmed Khan . The mentioned government 7 colleges have been affiliated with

2232-550: The Science Annex Building, offers free medical services and free pathological examinations to students, teachers, and staff and also family members of the teachers and staff. The center provides service round the clock, seven days a week, with 30 doctors working in shifts. The center has a dental unit, an eye unit, an X-ray department, and two ambulances. There are cafeterias on campus, some of which hold historical and architectural interest. In 1971 Pakistani soldiers killed

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2304-489: The US subsidiary of the better-known Accion International , has provided over $ 450 million in microloans since 1991, with an over 90% repayment rate. One research study of the Grameen model shows that poorer individuals are safer borrowers because they place more value on the relationship with the bank. Even so, efforts to replicate Grameen-style solidarity lending in developed countries have generally not succeeded. For example,

2376-483: The United States, microcredit has generally been defined as loans of less than $ 50,000 to people—mostly entrepreneurs—who cannot, for various reasons, borrow from a bank. Most nonprofit microlenders include services like financial literacy training and business plan consultations, which contribute to the expense of providing such loans but also, those groups say, to the success of their borrowers. One such organization in

2448-607: The United States, the Accion U.S. Network is a nonprofit microfinance organization headquartered in New York, New York . It is the largest and only nationwide nonprofit microfinance network in the US. The Accion U.S. Network is part of Accion International, a US-based nonprofit organization operating globally, with the mission of giving people the financial tools they need to create or grow healthy businesses. The domestic Accion programs started in Brooklyn , New York, and grew from there to become

2520-401: The University of Dhaka 37th in 1999 and 64th (overall and multi-disciplinary category) out of 77 ranked universities in 2000. In 2000, the university got a comparatively higher rank in student selectivity (23rd) while got a lower ranking in academic reputation (74th), faculty resources (59th), research (65th), and financial resources (74) categories. According to the subject-wise ranking by

2592-449: The University on 16 Feb 2017. The prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered to affiliate these colleges with the university. All of the academic syllabus, examinations & other activities of these colleges' Honours and Master's level are controlled by the university. Microcredit Microcredit is the extension of very small loans ( microloans ) to impoverished borrowers who typically lack collateral , steady employment, and

2664-428: The adverse effects discussed above can be diminished. Some argue that more experienced entrepreneurs who are getting loans should be qualified for bigger loans to ensure the success of the program. One of the principal challenges of microcredit is providing small loans at an affordable cost. The global average interest and fee rate is estimated at 37%, with rates reaching as high as 70% in some markets. The reason for

2736-403: The authority introduced the semester system from the 1977–1978 session. The names of B.Com and M.Com degrees were changed to BBA and MBA respectively during the 1994–95 sessions. Following its re-branding as Faculty of Business Studies, four other departments were added to this Faculty over the course of next thirteen years. In 1995, the Faculty of Commerce took its current name and became

2808-480: The country. However, the university again started after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst mass uprising . There are 23 residence halls for the students and dormitories for the teachers as well as for the officials of the university. The University Library, housed in three separate buildings, is the biggest in Bangladesh. The library holds a collection of more than 617,000 volumes, including bound volumes of periodicals. In addition, it has

2880-456: The creation and the growth of businesses. It has often generated self-employment , but it has not necessarily increased incomes after interest payments. In some cases it has driven borrowers into debt traps. Some studies suggest that microcredit has not generally empowered women. Microcredit has achieved much less than what its proponents said it would achieve, but its negative impacts have not been as drastic as some critics have argued. Microcredit

2952-553: The establishment in Bolivia in 1986 of PRODEM, a bank that later transformed into the for-profit BancoSol. In Chile, BancoEstado Microempresas is the primary microcredit institution. Microcredit quickly became a popular tool for economic development, with hundreds of institutions emerging throughout the third world. Though the Grameen Bank was formed initially as a non-profit organization dependent upon government subsidies, it later became

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3024-606: The financial outfit—not bank—has been serving the poor, mainly women, throughout four of the city's five boroughs ( Bronx , Brooklyn, Manhattan , and Queens ) as well as Omaha, Nebraska and Indianapolis, Indiana. In four years, Grameen America has facilitated loans to over 9,000 borrowers valued over $ 35 million. It has had, as Grameen CEO Stephen Vogel notes, "a 99 percent repayment rate". The principles of microcredit have also been applied in attempting to address several non-poverty-related issues. Among these, multiple Internet-based organizations have developed platforms that facilitate

3096-542: The first nationwide network microlender. US microcredit programs have helped many poor but ambitious borrowers to improve their lot. The Aspen Institute's study of 405 microentrepreneurs indicates that more than half of the loan recipients escaped poverty within five years. On average, their household assets grew by nearly $ 16,000 during that period; the group's reliance on public assistance dropped by more than 60%. Several corporate sponsors including Citi Foundation and Capital One launched Grameen America in New York. Since then

3168-406: The first peer-to-peer microlending platform to link lenders and borrowers directly across international borders without local intermediaries. From 2008 through 2014, Vittana allowed peer-to-peer lending for student loans in developing countries. The impact of microcredit is a subject of some controversy. Proponents state that it reduces poverty through higher employment and higher incomes. This

3240-499: The formation of Unit Desa (BRI-UD) within the Bank Rakyat Indonesia . Unit Desa offered 'kupedes' microloans based on market interest rates. Yunus has sharply criticized the shift in microcredit organizations from the Grameen Bank model as a non-profit bank to for-profit institutions: I never dreamed that one day microcredit would give rise to its own breed of loan sharks ... There are always people eager to take advantage of

3312-550: The good or benign end of the spectrum to loan sharks at the professional and sometimes criminal end of the spectrum. Many scholars and practitioners suggest an integrated package of services ("a credit-plus" approach) rather than just providing credits. When access to credit is combined with savings facilities, non-productive loan facilities, insurance, enterprise development (production-oriented and management training, marketing support) and welfare-related services (literacy and health services, gender and social awareness training),

3384-670: The group fund. In Asia borrowers generally pay interest rates that range from 30% to 70% without commission and fees. Nearly 1.4 million SHGs comprising approximately 20 million women now borrow from banks, which makes the Indian SHG-Bank Linkage model the largest microfinance program in the world. Similar programs are evolving in Africa and Southeast Asia with the assistance of organizations like IFAD , Opportunity International , Catholic Relief Services , Compassion International , CARE , APMAS, Oxfam , Tearfund and World Vision . In

3456-509: The high interest rates is not primarily cost of capital. Indeed, the local microfinance organizations that receive zero-interest loan capital from the online microlending platform Kiva charge average interest and fee rates of 35.21%. Rather, the principal reason for the high cost of microcredit loans is the high transaction cost of traditional microfinance operations relative to loan size. Microcredit practitioners have long argued that such high interest rates are simply unavoidable. The result

3528-581: The history. Baro-Bhuyans were led by Isa Khan , a Muslim Rajput commander who conducted a series of successful military campaigns and successfully resisted the Mughal invasion in Bengal till his death. His capital was situated in Sonargaon of Narayanganj District . After his death in 1599, his son Musa Khan took over the control and continued his father's legacy to fight Mughals in the western and northern fronts but

3600-500: The idea of micro loans was The Very Reverend Jonathan Swift in the 1720’s. Microcredit is part of microfinance , which provides a wider range of financial services, especially savings accounts, to the poor. Modern microcredit is generally considered to have originated with the Grameen Bank founded in Bangladesh in 1983 by their current Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus . Many traditional banks subsequently introduced microcredit despite initial misgivings. The United Nations declared 2005

3672-458: The mainstream business society. The Israel Free Loan Association (IFLA) has lent more than $ 100 million in the past two decades to Israeli citizens of all backgrounds. In India , the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) finances more than 500 banks that on-lend funds to self-help groups (SHGs). SHGs comprise twenty or fewer members, of whom the majority are women from

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3744-522: The mid-19th century, Individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner wrote about the benefits of numerous small loans for entrepreneurial activities to the poor as a way to alleviate poverty. At about the same time, but independently to Spooner, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen founded the first cooperative lending banks to support farmers in rural Germany . In the 1950s, Akhtar Hameed Khan began distributing group-oriented credit in East Pakistan . Khan used

3816-586: The owner of the Madhur Canteen . The Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka of the university has its cafeteria while another cafeteria stands on the Dhaka University Snacks (DUS) chattar. Another one, the Science cafeteria was situated behind Curzon Hall, but currently, it has been broken down to construct a new 20-story building. There is also another snack and lunch place named DU Hut in front of

3888-415: The platform varies from 17 meters to 14 meters. Under the platform there are series of rooms which are now badly damaged. The top of the stage can be reached by an extended staircase on the southwestern corner. The mosque proper occupies the western half of the platform. The four octagonal corner towers with extra towers by their sides rise above the flat fortifications and end in compact cabins with domes on

3960-428: The poorest castes and tribes. Members save small amounts of money, as little as a few rupees a month in a group fund. Members may borrow from the group fund for a variety of purposes ranging from household emergencies to school fees. As SHGs prove capable of managing their funds well, they may borrow from a local bank to invest in small business or farm activities. Banks typically lend up to four rupees for every rupee in

4032-595: The practices of loan sharks for their personal enrichment. Indeed, the academic debate foreshadowed a Wall-street style scandal involving the Mexican microcredit organization Compartamos . Even so, the numbers indicate that ethical microlending and investor profit can go hand-in-hand. In the 1990s a rural finance minister in Indonesia showed how Unit Desa could lower its rates by about 8% while still bringing attractive returns to investors. Though lending to groups has long been

4104-469: The responsibility of individuals. ) Indeed, Muhammad Yunus propagated the notion that every person has the potential to become an entrepreneur. Yunus saw poverty eradication as being in the hands of the individual. Because of this, he promoted private ownership, and consequently, neoliberalism. The use of group-lending was motivated by economics of scale , as the costs associated with monitoring loans and enforcing repayment are significantly lower when credit

4176-573: The students joining and protesting against the Pakistan Government . Later several students were killed where the Shaheed Minar stands today. After the incident, Bengali was restored as the official language. The Dacca University Order, 1973, President's Order No. 11 of 1973, reconstitute and reorganized the University of Dhaka to improve the teaching and research provided and the administration after 1971 Independence war. Throughout this order,

4248-403: The then Nawab of Dhaka demanded a university be set up in Dhaka. To appease the majority Muslim masses of East Bengal , Lord Curzon agreed and declared that a university as a center of excellence would be established in Dhaka. Nawab Sir Salimullah, who pioneered the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. In 1913, public opinion was invented before

4320-478: The theory of Bose–Einstein condensate , Muhammad Yunus , winner 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and pioneer of microcredit , Muhammad Shahidullah , Natyaguru Nurul Momen , pioneer of Cultural & theatric activities of the university (he was both a student and later a teacher of DU), Serajul Islam Choudhury , Physicist Mohammad Ataul Karim , 20th-century Bengali poet Buddhadeb Bose and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , country's founding president. Before Dhaka University

4392-544: The top. The Mughal structure, which is one of the rarest one of the country is under threat due to a metro-rail project adjacent to it. The structure is among 75 structures with historical importance that has fallen under threat due to the project. 23°43′36″N 90°24′03″E  /  23.7268°N 90.4007°E  / 23.7268; 90.4007 University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka ( Bengali : ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় , romanized :  Ḍhākā Biśbôbidyālôẏ ) also known as Dhaka University or DU

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4464-483: The university awarded honorary doctorate degrees to Jagadish Chandra Bose , Jadunath Sarkar , Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay , Allama Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore . The university played a significant role in the Bengali Language Movement when Bengalis joined to fight against Urdu being the sole official language in East Pakistan . Dhaka University was the main place where the movement started with

4536-572: The university scheme was given its final shape. The secretary of state approved it in December 1913. The first vice-chancellor of the university, Philip Joseph Hartog , formerly academic registrar of the University of London for 17 years was appointed. Established in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council , it is modeled after British universities. Lord Ronaldshay , Governor of Bengal between 1917 and 1922,

4608-738: The vulnerable. But credit programs that seek to profit from the suffering of the poor should not be described as "microcredit," and investors who own such programs should not be allowed to benefit from the trust and respect that microcredit banks have rightly earned. Many microcredit organizations now function as independent banks. This has led to their charging higher interest rates on loans and placing more emphasis on savings programs. Notably, Unit Desa has charged in excess of 20 percent on small business loans. The application of neoliberal economics to microcredit has generated much debate among scholars and development practitioners, with some claiming that microcredit bank directors, such as Muhammad Yunus, apply

4680-470: The word Dhaka was substituted for the word Dacca by section 2 of the University Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. XXXVI of 1987). On 18 July 2024, authorities at the premier Dhaka University announced an indefinite closure of the institution after protests demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs turned violent and left at least six people, including three students, dead across

4752-516: The world, DU was placed at 551. In 2014–15, the University of Dhaka was ranked 701 by QS World University Rankings (formerly Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings ). In 2015–16, Times Higher Education partnering with Elsevier ranked the university at 654th position among top 800 globally reputed universities. In September 2015, QS World University Rankings published their 2015 edition of World University Rankings of 2015/16 and ranked DU at 126th position in Asia and 701–750 position in

4824-432: The world. In Times Higher Education 2018 Global University Ranking, University of Dhaka is placed in 1001+ position among the world universities. In 2016–17, the University of Dhaka was ranked 109 by QS Asian University Rankings in Asia. Times Higher Education ranked the University of Dhaka at 191–200 position in the 2016 Asia University ranking. In the best Asian (and Australian) universities ranking, AsiaWeek ranked

4896-446: Was drafted in its general assembly on 30 October 1925. In 1953, its constitution was amended and the union was renamed Dhaka University Central Students' Union. In 2019, the last DUCSU election took place after 29 years. Since then DUCSU is working for the betterment of the students. In 2011–12, the University of Dhaka made it into the list of 'Top World Universities' by QS World University Rankings. Out of over 30,000 universities around

4968-410: Was established, near its grounds were the former buildings of Dhaka College affiliated to the University of Calcutta . In 1873 the college was relocated to Bahadur Shah Park . Later it shifted to Curzon Hall, which would become the first institute of the university. The establishment of the university was compensation for the annulment of the 1905 Partition of Bengal . The partition had established

5040-528: Was eventually defeated by Mughal general Islam Khan I , and later became loyal to Mughals and served the Mughal army during the Tripura campaign. Musa Khan died a natural death in 1623 and was buried in Dhaka . His grandson, Diwan Munawar Khan, in remembrance of his grandfather built a mosque beside Musa Khan's grave. The mosque has three domes and it built on a vaulted platform of around 3 meters height. The width of

5112-619: Was its first chancellor. He designated Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda a life member of the university. On Huda's recommendation, Lord Ronaldshay appointed Ahmad Fazlur Rahman as a provost. Academic activities started on 1 July 1921 with 847 students along with 3 faculties: Arts, Science and Law; 12 departments: Sanskrit and Bengali , English , Education, History , Arabic and Islamic Studies , Persian and Urdu , Philosophy , Economics and Politics , Physics , Chemistry , Mathematics , and Law ; and 3 dormitories for students: Salimullah Muslim Hall, Dacca Hall and Jagannath Hall . In 1936,

5184-581: Was no effect on household expenditure, gender equity, education or health, but the number of new businesses increased by one third compared to a control group. Some of this increase in the number of businesses can be due to 'informal intermediation' documented by Frithjof Arp and collaborators: Philanthropic, low-interest-rate microcredit fosters unintended entrepreneurship where some borrowers split loans they receive and on-lend to less-entrepreneurial borrowers. Ideas relating to microcredit can be found at various times in modern history. Jonathan Swift inspired

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