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About Dhaka University
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University) is a public collegiate research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh, having opened its doors to students on July 1, 1921. Currently it is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. The institution is tied closely with 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. (Learn More)
About Friendship
Friendship, an international Social Purpose Organisation, has been working for the last 20 years to help address the needs of remote and marginalised communities in Bangladesh—mostly those living in the northern river islands and southern coastal belt. Friendship delivers on its four commitments—Saving Lives, Poverty Alleviation, Climate Adaptation, and Empowerment—by providing effective and integrated services in six sectors interacting with each other: Health, Education, Climate Action, Inclusive Citizenship, Sustainable Economic Development, and Cultural Preservation. The organisation, which started in 2002 with a floating hospital serving only 10,000 patients, is now providing healthcare and other development solutions to more than 3.5 million people a year and is within reach of approximately 7.5 million patients. Nearly two-thirds of its almost 5,000 employees are recruited from within communities and trained as medic-aides, teachers, paralegals, etc. (Learn More)
