City Desk :
A total of 40 meritorious students from different academic years and departments of Dhaka University (DU) have been given Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship of Japan.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed this scholarship among the recipients as chief guest at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university on Thursday, said a press release.
DU Pro-VC (Academic) Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal presided over the function while Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of Japanese Embassy, Dhaka Hiroyuki Yamaya and General Manager of the Sumitomo Corporation Shinichi Nagata addressed it as special guests.
DU VC Md Akhtaruzzaman congratulated the awardees and urged them to prepare themselves as skilled human resources as well as worthy citizens to make Bangladesh a prosperous country.
He also thanked the Sumitomo Corporation authorities for providing scholarship to DU meritorious students.
