Dhaka, May 7 -- The government plans to transform Rabindra University into a world class one like Shanti Niketon or Bishwa Bharati.

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud said this on Wednesday while briefing reporters after the regular Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

ECNEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus presided over the meeting.

The planning adviser said that the chief adviser has directed the authorities concerned to take effective steps as a project on the university' was placed at the meeting.

The meeting sent back the projecy and asked the relevant authorities to prepare a new plan for the University.

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