CU correspondent :
Chittagong University (CU) has ended the two-day long grand celebration of golden jubilee amid multi-colorful festivity with 29,901 former and current students attending in the festival.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasaina inaugurated the golden jubilee function through video conferencing from his office at 10.30 am where she said, no nation can prosper and can manage to release from poverty and hunger without a highly educated society.
PM Sheikh Hasina said, after the liberation war, the founder of the nation Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman prioritized the education sector for the development of the nation but in 1975 we lost his dream.
She also said, it is too much shameful for us as we still can’t achieve the 100% literacy rate after 45 years of the liberation war. She blamed the then government in the aftermath of 1975 tragedy for the violation of discipline in the education sector, saying the then government handed over the weapons to the students instead of books.
The golden jubilee was presided over by the vice-chancellor of the university Prof Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhuy where Speaker of the parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury as the chief guest, water management minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Emeritus Prof Dr Anisuzzaman as the speaker of the golden jubilee and Chittagong Chamber president Mahbubul Huq Talukder among others addressed the function.
Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said, Education eradicates the poverty and to have a developed country the university is working and contributing. The students here contributed during the liberation war and now the university is working to make quality citizen.
Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud said, for the development of the university we asked the government to provide sufficient support and following this tk 300 crore budget has been approved in the ECNAC meeting.
Prof Anizuzzaman recalling his memory in the Chittagong University said, my academic, administrative career run from the university and here is a lot of memories in my mind. For being a quality citizen he asked the students to concentrate to the study.
Earlier a colourful procession was held in the port city where the former students including several parliament members, secretaries of the state, Dhaka north city corporation mayor Anisul Huq, university authority and the current-former students.
Khalaed Mahmud (67), a third batch student of CU, living in Sylhet said, here two of my friends came but he regret for his another friends, saying most of them already went to the grave but we duo friends still alive.
But, Ziaur Zillu a third batch student was alone as he couldn’t find anyone of his friends, saying it is very much sorrowful for me.
Chittagong University (CU) has ended the two-day long grand celebration of golden jubilee amid multi-colorful festivity with 29,901 former and current students attending in the festival.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasaina inaugurated the golden jubilee function through video conferencing from his office at 10.30 am where she said, no nation can prosper and can manage to release from poverty and hunger without a highly educated society.
PM Sheikh Hasina said, after the liberation war, the founder of the nation Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman prioritized the education sector for the development of the nation but in 1975 we lost his dream.
She also said, it is too much shameful for us as we still can’t achieve the 100% literacy rate after 45 years of the liberation war. She blamed the then government in the aftermath of 1975 tragedy for the violation of discipline in the education sector, saying the then government handed over the weapons to the students instead of books.
The golden jubilee was presided over by the vice-chancellor of the university Prof Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhuy where Speaker of the parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury as the chief guest, water management minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Emeritus Prof Dr Anisuzzaman as the speaker of the golden jubilee and Chittagong Chamber president Mahbubul Huq Talukder among others addressed the function.
Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury said, Education eradicates the poverty and to have a developed country the university is working and contributing. The students here contributed during the liberation war and now the university is working to make quality citizen.
Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud said, for the development of the university we asked the government to provide sufficient support and following this tk 300 crore budget has been approved in the ECNAC meeting.
Prof Anizuzzaman recalling his memory in the Chittagong University said, my academic, administrative career run from the university and here is a lot of memories in my mind. For being a quality citizen he asked the students to concentrate to the study.
Earlier a colourful procession was held in the port city where the former students including several parliament members, secretaries of the state, Dhaka north city corporation mayor Anisul Huq, university authority and the current-former students.
Khalaed Mahmud (67), a third batch student of CU, living in Sylhet said, here two of my friends came but he regret for his another friends, saying most of them already went to the grave but we duo friends still alive.
But, Ziaur Zillu a third batch student was alone as he couldn’t find anyone of his friends, saying it is very much sorrowful for me.
