On May 8, 2015, at a Rabindra Jayanti event at Kuthibari in Shilaidah, Hasanul Haq Inu said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had agreed to set up a separate private university named after Rabindranath Tagore in Kushtia. Government approval for the establishment of the university was reported on 10 January 2016. Hasanul Haque Inu, the then minister of information and broadcasting, was the chairman of the board of trustees, and his wife, Afroza Haque Rina was also on the board. As of June 2017, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had not given permission for the university to enroll students. In April 2024, the UGC advised students against enrolling at the university because it lacked a vice chancellor.