City Desk :
A total of 8,556 students of Dhaka University (DU) will get interest-free loans from University Grant Commission (UGC) so that they can buy smartphones and attend online classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Each student will get Tk8,000 by 31 January next year and the students have to pay the money in four installments after reopening the university, said a UGC press release on Wednesday.
The regulatory body of country’s higher education took the decision today during a virtual meeting with its Chairman Professor Kazi Shahidullah in the chair.
UGC will provide the fund to the university in advance under fiscal year 2020-21.
A total of 8,556 students of Dhaka University (DU) will get interest-free loans from University Grant Commission (UGC) so that they can buy smartphones and attend online classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Each student will get Tk8,000 by 31 January next year and the students have to pay the money in four installments after reopening the university, said a UGC press release on Wednesday.
The regulatory body of country’s higher education took the decision today during a virtual meeting with its Chairman Professor Kazi Shahidullah in the chair.
UGC will provide the fund to the university in advance under fiscal year 2020-21.
