Ecnec in a meeting on Tuesday approved the Islamic Arabic University project under which a permanent campus for the university will be set up with government fund at Dhaka’s Keraniganj. Golam Maula Nakshabandi, member of Islamic Foundation’s governing board, said Islamic scholars have been demanding the university for a long time as the country has no university which specialises on Islamic education. The Islamic Arabic University will help them a lot in this instance. Given the situation, the decision to set up a separate Arabic university is not wise. The university started its journey after the Islamic Arabic University bill was passed in the parliament on September 25, 2013 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 18, 2017 11:48 UTC