Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday urged the Dhaka University authorities to conduct more researches on socio-economic fields and establish cooperation with reputed foreign universities for academic excellence. This can be done under an academic master plan, she said while speaking at the centenary celebration of the country’s oldest university. Read: Degrees not enough, achieve global standards, President tells DU students She said the century-old university needs to restore its past glory through imparting quality education and conducting international standard researches. She said that making a master plan on the academic programme is more important that a master plan on physical development. The minister said the government will cooperate with the university if it adopts the academic master plan.