Dhaka University on Tuesday received Taka 58.76 lac donation further to enhance the capital of “Bangabandhu Chair” under History Department of the university.
Begum Zebunnesa and Kazi Mahboobullah Welfare Trust Fund trustee board member and Midland Bank Limited vice-chairman Nilufar Zafarullah, MP on Tuesday handed over the cheque to Dhaka University (DU) Treasurer Professor Kamal Uddin at a function at Vice-Chancellor’s office.
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique thanked the donor for increasing the capital of the chair that was constituted after the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to carry out research on life and works of Bangabandhu.
The donation increased the capital of the chair to Taka one crore. Bangabandhu Chair was established at DU History Department in 1999.
Professor Enayetur Rahim, a faculty of a US university and writer Professor Hasan Azizul Haque worked as Bangabandhu Chair at the university earlier.
