Since its establishment in 1921 as one of the founding departments of the University of Dhaka, the Department of Economics has been at the intellectual forefront of the subcontinent's most consequential economic debates. Our early years attracted distinguished scholars including S. G. Panandikar, who served as the Department's first chairperson, followed by eminent economists R. C. Majumdar, J. C. Sinha, D. N. Banerjee, H. L. Dey and K. B. Saha. The 1947 partition saw a temporary vacuum, but the Department...

Dr. Firdousi Naher Chairman, Department of Economics

Welcome to the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka—one of the most prestigious departments of Bangladesh's oldest university, with a history spanning more than a hundred years. From our genesis in the British period to contemporary Bangladesh, we have evolved to become the nation's premier center for economic ...