Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 90 female Nursing students of a nursing college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Most of the respondents were from the age category 17-19 years Muslim was 67.8% and monthly family income between the ranges of 10,001-20,000. Most of the respondents, 76.6%, said that nuclear from family type. About 23.3% of respondents said they knew about cancer from family history. Most of the respondents, 46.7%, were from the first year, 35.6% of respondents from the second year, and 17.8% of respondents from the third year. Of all, 75.6% were in Diploma and the rest from Basic B.Sc. The majority of respondents said they knew what Breast Cancer was. These risk factors were asked to the respondents, and 56.7% said from family history, 36.7% respondents said from Advanced Age, 27.8% respondents said from early menarche,34.4% respondents said from late menopause,82.2% respondents said from Non lactating, 47.8% respondents noted from the use of Hormone Replacement therapy and 43.3% respondents said from obesity and less exercise. Regarding Breast cancer detection, about 75.6% of respondents said from Breast Self-examination, 83.3% of respondents said from Clinical Breast Examination, 75.6% of respondents said from Breast USG, and 45.6% respondents said from /Mammography. 72.2% said breast cancer is curable. Regarding the treatment of Breast Cancer, 70% said there should be a combination such as- Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, and Surgery. There are many ways by which nursing students can get information on breast cancer. In this study, it was seen that 61(67.8%) said that they had information about breast cancer from an academic background, 72(80%) said from media, 67(74.4%) noted from family & friends, 65 (72.2%) noted from health personnel. Among all the respondents, 64.4% knew what BSE was, and the same number of respondents also thought it should be performed. But regarding the performance of Breast Self-examination, only 25% out of 58 performed it. It was found from the study that knowledge on BSE is significantly associated with age category, year of Nursing, and course of Nursing (P<0.05). Also, it is seen that age category, year of Nursing, and religion were significantly associated with Breast Self –examination (P<0.05).