DU celebrates 102nd founding anniversary

Bangladesh's highest echelon of academic excellence, the University of Dhaka is celebrating its 102nd founding day on Saturday (July 1) in a befitting manner.

The day is being observed to mark the launching of academic activities by the university on July 1, 1921.

Starting with just 877 students in three faculties and 12 departments in 1921, the university has grown to accommodate over 43,385 students and 2,010 teachers in 84 departments and 13 institutes presently.

The DU has played a vital role in Bangladesh's history. Its students and teachers had sacrificed their lives in the Language Movement in 1952, the Mass Upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971.

Even the national flag of Bangladesh was first hoisted at Bot Tola on the Dhaka University campus on March 2, 1971.

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