Muminunnesa Women's College

Muminunnesa Government Women's College
Type	Public
Location	Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Campus	Town
Colours	Blue and Gold

Muminunnesa Women's College ((bn. মুমিনুন্নিসা মহিলা কলেজ)), or Muminunnesa College in short, is a public university-college located opposite Town Hall of Mymensingh near the Brahmaputra river in Bangladesh. It was established in 1946 and was named after Muminunnesa Khan, mother of a reputed businessman M. R. Khan. Initially established as a private collecge, it was nationalized in 1982 and was upgraded into a university-college in 1993. It offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses in different faculties including Humanities and Science. It has a halls of residence within the campus. The college uniform is a red vest with white shorts or skirts and white socks and shoes.

Bangladeshi writer and publisher Iffat Ara graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College in 1968.^[1] Also educationsist Maliha Khatun served in this college as its principal for a long time.

In June 2007 the Muminunnesa Women's College debating team was declared the winner at a national Debate Workshop conducted by the Mymensingh Debate Federation.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Iffat Ara: Writing from the Margins". "Star Insight", The Daily Star. 2007-02-03. http://www.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2007/02/01/she.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
2. ^ "Three-day debate workshop held in Mymensingh". The Daily Star. 2007-06-24. http://www.thedailystar.net/campus/2007/06/04/newsroom.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-10.