Joni Alam, JU Correspondent :
Like every year, a ‘Butterfly Fair-2015’ organised by the Department of Zoology of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on the campus on Friday profoundly entertained a large number of visitors who enjoyed the colours and patterns of live butterflies, watched photography exhibition and attended other programmes.
With the slogan “Urley Akashe Projapoti, Prokriti Pai Notun Goti” (The nature gets new momentum if butterfly flies), the Zoology department organized the fair for the sixth time in association with Daffodil International University (DIU), Prakriti O Jibon Foundation,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and with media partner private television Channel I.
JU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Abul Hossain inaugurated the fair, releasing balloons and butterflies at around 10am Zahir Raihan auditorium on the campus.
Professor Monawar Hossain of Zoology Department, who is also the convener of the fair, Mukit Mozumder Babu, Chairman of Prokriti O Jibon Foundation, Mr. Istiakh Uddin Ahmed, Country representative of IUCN-Bangladesh, Director Channel I and Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub-Ul-Haque Mojumder, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology of Daffodil International University were present on the occasion.
Besides, the country’s first butterfly park and research center were also inaugurated on the occasion.
From the early morning, students from different institutions, teachers, and children along with their families, amateur photographers and butterfly lovers started arriving on the campus from different parts of Dhaka city to enjoy the fair.
Around 1,000 butterflies of 125 species of living butterflies were displayed. They included Plain Tiger, Common Crow, Plum Judy, Dingy Bush Brown, Common Duffer, Ape Fly, Pea Blue, Tiny Grass Blue, Oak Blue, Common Sailor, Common Rose, Blue Mormon, Striped Albatross, Mottled Emigrant, Common Grass Yellow, Monkey Puzzle, Blue Pansy and Painted Lady.
The daylong fair also included children’s art competition on nature and butterfly, photography competition on butterfly, displaying living butterfly, kite flying, butterfly identification competition prize distribution of the competitions, cultural event and documentary show on butterfly.
Prof Abul Hossain said, “Butterfly counts not months, but moments. Muzahid Rahman, a university student, who came to the fair said, “I am very excited to join the fair at Jahangirnagar University.
Like every year, a ‘Butterfly Fair-2015’ organised by the Department of Zoology of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on the campus on Friday profoundly entertained a large number of visitors who enjoyed the colours and patterns of live butterflies, watched photography exhibition and attended other programmes.
With the slogan “Urley Akashe Projapoti, Prokriti Pai Notun Goti” (The nature gets new momentum if butterfly flies), the Zoology department organized the fair for the sixth time in association with Daffodil International University (DIU), Prakriti O Jibon Foundation,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and with media partner private television Channel I.
JU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Abul Hossain inaugurated the fair, releasing balloons and butterflies at around 10am Zahir Raihan auditorium on the campus.
Professor Monawar Hossain of Zoology Department, who is also the convener of the fair, Mukit Mozumder Babu, Chairman of Prokriti O Jibon Foundation, Mr. Istiakh Uddin Ahmed, Country representative of IUCN-Bangladesh, Director Channel I and Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub-Ul-Haque Mojumder, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology of Daffodil International University were present on the occasion.
Besides, the country’s first butterfly park and research center were also inaugurated on the occasion.
From the early morning, students from different institutions, teachers, and children along with their families, amateur photographers and butterfly lovers started arriving on the campus from different parts of Dhaka city to enjoy the fair.
Around 1,000 butterflies of 125 species of living butterflies were displayed. They included Plain Tiger, Common Crow, Plum Judy, Dingy Bush Brown, Common Duffer, Ape Fly, Pea Blue, Tiny Grass Blue, Oak Blue, Common Sailor, Common Rose, Blue Mormon, Striped Albatross, Mottled Emigrant, Common Grass Yellow, Monkey Puzzle, Blue Pansy and Painted Lady.
The daylong fair also included children’s art competition on nature and butterfly, photography competition on butterfly, displaying living butterfly, kite flying, butterfly identification competition prize distribution of the competitions, cultural event and documentary show on butterfly.
Prof Abul Hossain said, “Butterfly counts not months, but moments. Muzahid Rahman, a university student, who came to the fair said, “I am very excited to join the fair at Jahangirnagar University.
