Three members of its board of trustees, including the chair, were relatives of then ruling party MP Jahangir Kabir Nanak.

[2] As of late 2016, the university's top three administrative positions were still vacant.

[3] Not until May 2019 was the vice chancellorship filled, by professor of philosophy Anisuzzaman.

Land had been purchased for a permanent campus, but it was still operating out of a rented six-story building.

[5] It is accredited by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by the Ministry of Education, Government of Bangladesh.