Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a non-government organisation and is located in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

History

The mission was founded in 1958 by

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (27 December 1873 – 9 February 1965) was an educator, litterateur, Islamic theologist and social reformer of pre-partition India. He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Dhaka and is the namesake of A ...

. It is one of the largest NGOs in Bangladesh and has helped 1.9 million women achieve economic solvency. The mission founded Ahsania Mission Cancer Detection and Treatment Centre. It founded a university,

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology ( bn, আহ্ছানউল্লা বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), commonly known as AUST, is a private (Engineering) Univer ...

, the country's first private teachers college, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Teachers' Training College. The mission also founded Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute, Ahsanullah Institute of Information & Communication Technology,

Ahsanullah Mission College Ahsanullah (born 11 May 1997) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Boost Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament The 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdal ...

, and Vocational Training Institute for Working Children. It operates a number of social welfare company including Hajj Finance Company, Boibazar, Nogordola, and Ahsania-Malaysia Hajj Mission. It won the

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

in 2002, the highest civilian honor in Bangladesh. In 2014 mission opened Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital, the largest cancer hospital in Bangladesh.

References

1958 establishments in East Pakistan Organisations based in Dhaka . {{Bangladesh-org-stub