Government Bangla College (Bengali: সরকারি বাঙলা কলেজ) is a government-funded educational institution, located in the northwest part of the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The college was established on 1 October 1962 by Principal Abul Kashem to promote the use of the Bangla in higher education and to establish the language in all spheres of national life of Bengalis.Undergrad. Students: 25000Postgrad. Students: 5000Other Students: 2000Affiliations: University of Dhaka Chancellor: President Abdul HamidPrincipal: Prof. Md. Imam Hossain The People's Republic of Bangladesh nationalized this college on 21 February 1985 (The system of co-education was introduced from the very beginning of this College) and Honours and Masters courses under the National University of Bangladesh were introduced here in 1997.Since then the college continued its program offering degrees under National University of Bangladesh till 2016. At present (2017), the college has more than 132 teachers and it offers B.A., B.B.A., and B.Sc. (Honours) degree and master's degree in 12 disciplines under the University of Dhaka. Also, the College enrolls 800 students in higher secondary courses per year.There was a provision of holding weekly and half-yearly examinations in the College, which helped it to become a leading institution of the country within a couple of years. The passing percentage of the college in the BA Examinations was 87.5% in 1964. The Education Board granted permission to introduce Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology in intermediate level in 1963. The commerce section was opened in 1965 and permission to open BCom and BSc sections was obtained in 1969.