City Desk :
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has marked the 10th anniversary of Saima Hall, a residential facility established a decade ago to provide free accommodation, meals, and quality higher education to underprivileged female students from remote regions of the country.
Among private universities in Bangladesh, Saima Hall remains the first residential hostel offering such fully funded support exclusively for disadvantaged women students.
A special event was held on Saturday at IUB’s Bashundhara campus to celebrate the milestone. Students currently residing at Saima Hall – enrolled across various departments at IUB -performed music and dance at the celebration, says a press release.
Saima Hall began its journey in 2015 with eight students, occupying the top five floors of a nine-storey building owned by the family of A Matin Chowdhury, Member of the IUB Board of Trustees.
Thebuilding is located in J Block, Baridhara, Dhaka. Over the past 10 years, the number of residential students has increased to 50.
