Dhaka, Nov. 29 -- The government is set to establish a modern and fully equipped school for children with special needs in Dhaka, aiming to ease the acute shortage of quality education and therapy services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) and other disabilities in the capital.

The new institution - Asha'r Alo School Dhaka (For Children with Special Needs) - will be built under a project taken by the Ministry of Social Welfare.

The Department of Social Services (DSS) will implement the project with technical support from the Bangladesh Navy.

According to the Development Project Proposal (DPP), the project will run from July 2025 to December 2027 at a cost of Tk 49.56 crore.

Of this, Tk 29.73 crore will come from the...