# Delta Research Centre

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'''Delta Research Centre''' is an autonomous government research institute under the [University of Dhaka](/source/University_of_Dhaka) system that researches the [Bengal delta](/source/Bengal_delta) in Bangladesh and is located in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).<ref name="dsc">{{cite web|last1=Hossain|first1=Md Sazzad|title=Delta Study Centre|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Delta_Study_Centre|website=Banglapedia|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oxford of the West & Oxford of the East |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2006/08/01/camfeature.htm |work=Star Campus |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021060606/http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2006/08/01/camfeature.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Challenges of Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh|date=2002|publisher=Department of Soil, Water, and Environment, University of Dhaka|isbn=9789843201966|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9sjAQAAMAAJ&q=delta+research+centre+university+of+dhaka|language=en}}</ref> Bangladesh is made of the largest delta in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Floating Schools: A beautiful innovation|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/echoes/the-beauty-of-bangladesh-floating-schools-innovation-1495015|access-date=18 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=23 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Delta Research Centre was established in June 1991. It is governed by a Board of Governors which is headed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka.<ref name="dsc" /> The centre researched Open-pit mining in Phulbari coal mine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Phulbari coal field can earn huge foreign exchange|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/11/d50811100278.htm|access-date=18 January 2018|work=The Daily Star|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182013/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/11/d50811100278.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The centre has faced difficulties into conducting research due to lack of necessary equipments and funds.<ref>{{cite news|title=DU Delta Research Centre activities confined in routine work|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/02/24/du-delta-research-centre-activities-confined-in-routine-work|access-date=18 January 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

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