Campus Report :
A total of 14 students and volunteers from different countries including United Kingdom (UK), Somalia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Algeria, Iran and British Bangladeshi citizens met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique on Tuesday at the latter’s office.
The delegation was led by Million Hailemarian, a community officer of the London Camden Council of Local Government Unit of the British Government while the President of Bangladesh Female Academy (BFA), Sunamganj, Jamil Chowdhury was present as focal person of this trip.
During the meeting the visiting team expressed keen interest on academic progammes of DU through mutual collaborations and cooperation.
The students expressed keen interest about education, culture, heritage, lifestyles and future challenges and ways to handle those by the Bangladeshi people. They also showed eagerness to gain further knowledge about economic development and prosperity, which might be useful in their respective country situations.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique thanked the guests for their visit and interest in academic activities of the university. He said that joint collaborative programmes can be organized so that foreign and Bangladeshi students can exchange their views and knowledge on different important issues and learn from each other to contribute for the development of their respective countries.
The Vice Chancellor also explained them about the glorious history of the University in achieving independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
He mentioned that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who led the country in liberation war of Bangladesh was also a student of this university. The glorious past, excellent present and golden future of this country is inseparable from Dhaka University, he added.
A total of 14 students and volunteers from different countries including United Kingdom (UK), Somalia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Algeria, Iran and British Bangladeshi citizens met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique on Tuesday at the latter’s office.
The delegation was led by Million Hailemarian, a community officer of the London Camden Council of Local Government Unit of the British Government while the President of Bangladesh Female Academy (BFA), Sunamganj, Jamil Chowdhury was present as focal person of this trip.
During the meeting the visiting team expressed keen interest on academic progammes of DU through mutual collaborations and cooperation.
The students expressed keen interest about education, culture, heritage, lifestyles and future challenges and ways to handle those by the Bangladeshi people. They also showed eagerness to gain further knowledge about economic development and prosperity, which might be useful in their respective country situations.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique thanked the guests for their visit and interest in academic activities of the university. He said that joint collaborative programmes can be organized so that foreign and Bangladeshi students can exchange their views and knowledge on different important issues and learn from each other to contribute for the development of their respective countries.
The Vice Chancellor also explained them about the glorious history of the University in achieving independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
He mentioned that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who led the country in liberation war of Bangladesh was also a student of this university. The glorious past, excellent present and golden future of this country is inseparable from Dhaka University, he added.
