The cabinet yesterday approved the drafts of two acts in a view to establishing two more public universities in the country.
The acts are Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University Act 2015 and Rabindra Bishwabidyalay Act 2015.
The decision came from the regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna in the chair.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University will be a specialised public university in Gazipur on information and communication technology with the main objective to expedite the pace of development through qualitative improvement of IT education in the country, said Cabinet Secretary Musharraf Hussain Bhuiyan after the meeting.
Rabindra Bishwabidyalay will be established as a public university at Shahzadpur in Sirajganj district which will provide education on literature, music, drama, dance, fine arts, social science, agriculture, cooperatives, zoology and technological studies side by side with conducting research and practice on Rabindranath.
The administrative structure of the university would be like other public universities.
However, the cabinet has given a new recommendation to include four Rabindra experts in its senate who teach and conduct research on Rabindranath, the cabinet secretary said.