Dhaka, March 16 -- A proposed name has been finalised for a new university comprising the seven government colleges in the capital, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder on Monday.

"The proposed name is Dhaka Central University," he told reporters at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in the afternoon.

CA's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and Senior Assistant Press Secretary Ahammad Foyez were also present.

Azad said there will be an interim administrator to be nominated from the principals of the seven colleges.

The headquarters of the university for the time being will be selected based on which college's principal is going to be nominated as an interim administrator, he said, adding that th...