The Department of Botany was established as Biology Department under the University of Dhaka in 1939 by the active leadership of Professor Panchanan Maheshwari. At that time, the department consisted of Botany and Zoology and the students were enrolled under BSc pass degree program. The students of the then Bengal Agriculture Institute (At present, Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207) were also taught for the BSc pass degree in the same Biology Department. At the beginning, the department was housed...

Dr. Ashfaque Ahmed Chairman, Department of Botany

On the first of July 2021, the symbolic centenary of the establishment of Dhaka University has been celebrated led by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman. The Department of Botany is a traditional department in the Faculty of Biology. At the same time, the department celebrated its ...