The Dhaka Education Board is responsible for administering all public schools with the exception of English-medium schools and madrassahs in the city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Madrassa in the Gambia The word madrassa in the Arabic language (and other languages of the Islamic nations such as Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bangla: ঢাকা Đhaka; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the Dhaka District. ...