Notre Dame College, Dhaka

Notre Dame College, Dhaka, also known as NDC, is a Catholic higher secondary and degree-level educational institution founded and managed by the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Upon the invitation of the then East Pakistan government after the partition of India, St. Gregory's College was founded on 3 November 1949, as an expanded iteration of St. Gregory's High School in Laxmibazar, Dhaka. This was undertaken by the Roman Catholic priest community at the initiative of Archbishop Lawrence Graner and the decision of the Congregation of Holy Cross. In 1954, the college relocated to Arambagh near Kamalapur railway station under the jurisdiction of the Motijheel Thana and was dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, and was named Notre Dame College. The French phrase "Notre Dame" signifies Our Lady, but Notre Dame College has remained an all-boys institution since its establishment.