Established in 1989, it was the first college in Dhaka city to specialize in commerce. Dhaka Commerce College is the first self-financed, political and smoking-free institution in Bangladesh. Among the founders of this College the following Personalities are notable- Professor Shafayat Ahmed Siddiqui, Agrabad Women’s College; Dr. Md Habib Ullah, Professor of Accounting, University of Dhaka; Kazi M
d Nurul Islam Faruky, Associate Professor of Management, Dhaka College; AFM Sarwar Kamal, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division, Md Shamsul Huda, Director (Finance), Nawab Abdul Malek Jute Mills; A.B.M Abul Quashem, Md Abul Bashar, Principal, Azam khan Commerce College, Khulna; M Helal, Md Shafiqul Islam (Chunnu), Mahafuzul Haque Shahin, Md Nurul Islam Siddiqui, ABM Shamsuddin Ahmed; Chattogram Govt Commerce College Alumni Association(Dhaka). Mohammed Twaha was the first president of the organizing committee of Dhaka Commerce College. Professor Abdur Rashid Chowdhury was the president of the executive committee. Dr. Shahid Uddin Ahmed acted as the president of the first and the second Governing Body and the third Governing Body was led by Professor Dr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddiq, Dept of Accounting and Information System, University of Dhaka, and Chairman, Bureau of Business Research. The fourth Governing Body was headed by AFM Sarwar Kamal, former Secretary of, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Government of the people’s Republic of Bangladesh. The Current Governing Body is headed by Professor Dr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddiq. At Present the academic activities are undergoing in two multi-storied fully air-conditioned buildings. There is a separate administrative building here. There is a modernized auditorium with a sitting capacity of 1600 and a 120 seat hostel for female students within the college campus. There are two 12 storied and 8 storied residential buildings that accommodate 76 teachers and the living quarters of the Principal and the Vice-Principal. It is to note that the academic activities began with the higher secondary classes in 1989 and the B.com (pass) Courses were introduced in 1990. With the approval of National University Honours and Masters courses in various subjects were introduced from the 1994-95 session. The four-year BBA Professional Courses were introduced from the 1997-98 session. At Present BBA Courses are offered in Management, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, and Banking along with MBS and higher secondary courses. Besides, Honours and Masters courses are taught in BBA Professional, English, and Economics. Recently Honours courses in Computer Science have been introduced and the process of introducing Honours courses in Bangla and Statistics is underway. The institution which began its journey with only 98 students in 1989 now has almost 7 thousand students. Initially, there were 4 teachers and 1 staff which now increased to 137 and 117 respectively. The Current Principal is Prof. Abu Masud. Dhaka Commerce College is an exceptional institution for Business studies in all respect. The primary goal of this institution is to educate the students with a combination of both theoretical and practical education. Besides, there is a sound practice of maintaining discipline, ideals, and regulations. Consequently the administrative, academic and infrastructural development of this college has reached an unbelievable height in the last 29 years. This is illustrated in the enviable results of the students in Board and University examinations.
