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“Was Dhaka University ever the “Oxford of the East”?” published on December 28, 2014

Mahtab Uddin
Given the context of Bangladesh, a moderate poor LDC, how do you even expect that Dhaka University can be compared to Oxford! Do you have any idea how much fund Oxford gets for its research? How much are their teachers paid? Do you have any idea how much we pay the teachers of Dhaka University? Despite limitations, very low salaries, there are so many departments with sufficient number of teachers having PhD from reputed universities. Yes, we know it is called Oxford of the East. And yes, those who used to call this knew that DU was not Oxford...

Mahbub Rahman
Dhaka University was never comparable to Oxford despite having some very good teachers and a common belief.

Saleh Tanveer
Let's forget the Oxford comparison. In the pre-independence days, we Bengalis proudly proclaimed that our standards were much superior than that in what is now Pakistan. This is certainly not the case anymore, not at least when it comes to the top flagship institutions.
Almost all our politicians saw their ascent into national limelight with little education and certainly with almost no appreciation for excellence in higher education. Should it be surprising that they should have a vested interest in ensuring mediocrity that will maintain a flow of semi-educated underlings armed only with political loyalty?

Chowdhury Saheb
Bitter truth about my alma mater...

Dev Saha
Good to see a myth busting snippet from Taj Hashmi. It used to be a quality university before the partition but we should not gloat about the university being the “Oxford of the East”.

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“What good intent?” (Dec. 30, 2014)

New Generation
Though the reason behind the "good intent" is unpredictable, it may not be out of place to say that maybe the authorities concerned were trying to find out whether there was any "conspiracy" by the opposition.