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RU-STUDENTS-DORMITORY (with picture)
RU modern students’ hall construction to
begin by June
RAJSHAHI, Jan 23, 2019 (BSS) – The
construction work of the students’ dormitory
with modern facilities after the name of
Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman, one of the national
four leaders, is expected to start by June next
in Rajshahi University (RU), an official said
today.
Khandaker Shahriar Rahman, Director of
Planning and Development of the university,
said the ten-story dormitory will be
established with an estimated cost of around
Taka 50 crore to reduce the existing
accommodation crises of students.
He said the university authorities had taken
the initiative of constructing the hall after
the name of AHM Kamaruzzaman in 2016. After
that, a site near the pond of Sohrawardi Hall
had been selected to construct the new
dormitory.
RU Chancellor and President M Abdul Hamid
unveiled the foundation stone of the hall on
the day of 10th convocation on September 29
last year.
Shahriar Rahman said the 2.40 lakh squire
feet hall will have 500 rooms in where 1,000
students will get accommodation facilities with
having four lifts for the first time of the
university’s history.
“We are very much hopeful about completion
of design formulation works of the hall within
this month,” said Prof Chowdhury Muhammad
Jakaria, Pro-vice chancellor (VC) of RU, adding
tender will be floated within one or two
months.
He said the dormitory will be the modern and
eye-catching with having information and
communication technology (ICT) room, various
rooms with Wi-Fi facilities and departmental
store, common room, reading room and prayer
room as well.
“Simultaneously, we have adopted a 50-year
mega plan for transforming the university into
a modern one through expanding ICT-based
academic and research works with overall
development of the university’s education and
infrastructure”, Prof Chowdhury said.
He added that Bangabandhu Square, university
archive, international relation centre, media
centre and mural of four national leaders will
be installed on the campus premises under the
plan.
This is the biggest ever development plan in
the university’s history after the country’s
independence.
At present, various development works are
progressing. Of those, construction works of a
20-storied academic building, two ten-storied
residential buildings and a dormitory are
expected to be completed by next March/April,
the Pro-VC said.
A 10-storey administrative building will
also be set up to accelerate the university’s
academic and administrative activities.
Prof Chowdhury said as part of the mega plan
all the future development activities in the
university will be undertaken in a planned way.
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