Bangladesh, Nov. 5 -- Dhaka University (DU) has retained its position as the country's top-ranked university in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, securing 136th place among universities across Asia and 16th in South Asia.

The latest rankings were published on November 3 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based global higher education research organisation, according to a DU press release issued on Wednesday.

DU also topped the list of Bangladeshi universities in the previous year's rankings.

A total of 1,722 universities from 26 Asian countries were assessed for this edition.

The University of Hong Kong secured the first position, followed by China's Peking University in second place.

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