The Abul Basher Foundation is dedicated to advancing access to education and expanding opportunity through structured scholarships and responsible community initiatives. Established in honor of a legacy built on integrity, discipline, and service, the Foundation invests in merit, potential, and long-term self-reliance. We work to reduce barriers to academic and economic participation by supporting individuals committed to growth and contribution. Guided by accountability and measurable impact, the trust collaborates with institutions and communities to create sustainable pathways toward dignity, stability, and progress.
Scholarships
Supporting students with demonstrated commitment by reducing financial barriers to continued education
The Basher Foundation Scholars Fund
The Basher Foundation Scholars Fund supports newly admitted Four (4) students of the University of Dhaka each year by covering their essential academic fees. The fund ensures that financial constraints do not prevent talented students from beginning and continuing their studies at the country’s leading public university.
The Abul Basher Legacy Research Grant
The Abul Basher Legacy Research Grant supports emerging scholars conducting research that contributes to community development, institutional improvement, or public policy advancement. The grant provides financial assistance for academic research projects that demonstrate intellectual rigor and social relevance.
Jamir Uddin and Ameen Uddin Scholarship
The Jamir Uddin and Ameen Uddin Scholarship supports students from orphanages and charitable institutions who are admitted to public universities in Bangladesh, ensuring continuity of opportunity as they transition into higher education.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO CHANGE
Our goals are simple but structural. We focus on changing the conditions that determine who gets access to opportunity
Every child has the capacity to learn, but capacity means nothing without access. We work to remove structural barriers that separate effort from opportunity. When communities lack safe access to schools, reliable resources, or supportive systems, potential gets stalled before it can grow. Basher Foundation drives inclusive education pathways so students can progress with dignity and confidence.
To ensure effort and talent are never limited by lack of opportunity
Determination already exists in every child. The challenge is not a lack of ambition, but a lack of structured opportunity. Our mission is to meet effort with support. When a student shows commitment, the system should respond with pathways, resources, and continuity. We focus on strengthening that bridge between talent and opportunity so that potential does not remain unrealized. Effort deserves reinforcement. Talent deserves mobility. And opportunity must rise to meet both.
To make access to education independent of geography, income, or circumstance
In many parts of our country, the journey to education is defined by rivers, distance, and instability. When a child must physically overcome terrain before reaching a classroom, access is no longer equal. Our work exists to remove those structural barriers. Education should not depend on whether a child lives beside a river, in a remote village, or in an underserved community. Access must be built into the system itself. When we invest in scholarships, local partnerships, and inclusive infrastructure, we are working toward a future where geography no longer decides who learns.
THE ABUL BASHER FOUNDATION TRUST
A Public Benefit Corporation Registered Under The Trusts Act, 1882 (ACT NO. II OF 1882)
