Rajshahi College celebrates its 147th founding anniversary

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RAJSHAHI, April 1, 2019 (BSS)- Rajshahi College celebrated its 147th founding anniversary here today in a befitting manner with joy and fanfare.

To mark the celebration, the college authority with scores of its students took out a rally that paraded the city streets before being ended at the college campus. College Principal Prof Habibur Rahman and its vice-principal Prof Al Maruf Chowdhury led the rally.

Referring to the historical records, Prof Habibur Rahman said, Rajshahi College was the first institution in the territories to offer bachelor and honours degree courses in various disciplines since 1878 after its establishment in 1873. It’s also the third oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh after Dhaka College and Chittagong College.

Rajshahi College stopped enrolling Higher Secondary students in 1996 but again started enrolling them from session 2010-2011.

National University (NU) ranked Rajshahi College as the best among 750 government and private colleges in the country for its outstanding performance in various fields in 2019 for the third consecutive year.