Bangladesh inks deal with CERN

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Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh has moved one major step closer towards the advanced science and technology, particularly in the field of research of quantum and fundamental physics, through signing an international co-operation agreement with CERN, the European organisation for nuclear research, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Under the deal, CERN will conduct a high-level short school on advanced particle and quantum physics at Dhaka University from December 15 to 18. Eminent professors from CERN, Belgium and India will be conducting the lessons, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka.a
M Shameem Ahsan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh in Geneva, Switzerland signed the instrument of cooperation on behalf of Bangladesh Government with Dr Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN, on Friday.
Dr Rolf Heuer assured the CERN’s support in this effort and hoped that the teachers, students and researchers of Bangladesh would be immensely benefitted from this formal cooperation.
As the pioneering institute for research of fundamental physics in the world, CERN has recently attracted the global attention for its discovery of Higg’s Boson – the ‘God’s Particle’. It also offers advanced training for researchers and professionals of different countries.
Cooperation between Bangladesh and CERN will facilitate opportunity of research in experimental and theoretical particle physics and related aspects of technologies for particle accelerators, particle detectors and information technology.
Inventions and discoveries of CERN are playing a major role in the fight against deadly diseases like cancer.
Bangladesh will be greatly benefitted from this cooperation with CERN, especially the universities, institutes, organisations, academics and professionals. The students of Bangladesh will have much to gain.
And, it is expected that the institutions and individuals will take initiatives to achieve their own excellence through this newly created opportunity.
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