Three public, three private universities in the offing

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The government has planned to establish three more public universities and as many private universities to take in the rising number of students for higher education, as the existing are overcrowded, reports UNB.
"Government approval of the planned universities is in the final stage," University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Nazrul Islam said.
The three in the public sector are Rangamati University of Science and Technology in the hill district of Rangamati, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University in Gopalganj and another in Barisal which is yet to be named.
The three proposed private universities are Exim University Bangladesh, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, and Dhaka University of Technology, according to UGC officials.