City Desk :
A day-long ‘Butterfly Fair-2018’ was held on Friday on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus to raise awareness among the mass people to preserve butterflies in the environment. With the slogan “Urley Akashe Projapoti, Prokriti Pay Notun Goti”, JU Zoology Department in association with Prokriti O Jibon Foundation and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organised the fair at the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises.
Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Farzana Islam inaugurated the fair by releasing butterflies and balloons as the chief guest. JU VC said, “Butterflies are very important insect for the nature. Not only having beauty, it also has importance on biodiversity. So we should take initiative to conserve them in the environment.” She lauded the organising committee and said, “Such initiative will protect the butterfly species from the extinction. As our university has favorable environment to conserve biodiversity, we are committed to protect it,” she added.
Presided over by Convener of the butterfly fair Prof Monwar Hossain Tuhin, JU Pro-VC (academic) Prof Md Nurul Alam, Treasurer Prof Sheikh Md Monzurul Huq, Dean of Biological Science Faculty Prof Abdul Zabbar Hawlader and Chairman of Prokriti O Jibon Foundation Mukit Majumder Babu addressed the function as special guests, among others.
After the inaugural session, a colorful rally, led by JU VC, brought out from the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises that paraded different streets on the campus.
Fahmia Sarkar Barsha got “Butterfly-Award 2018” this year. In the fair, over 50 species of butterflies were exhibited at Butterfly Park on the campus where a large number of people gathered to enjoy it.
A day-long ‘Butterfly Fair-2018’ was held on Friday on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus to raise awareness among the mass people to preserve butterflies in the environment. With the slogan “Urley Akashe Projapoti, Prokriti Pay Notun Goti”, JU Zoology Department in association with Prokriti O Jibon Foundation and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organised the fair at the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises.
Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Farzana Islam inaugurated the fair by releasing butterflies and balloons as the chief guest. JU VC said, “Butterflies are very important insect for the nature. Not only having beauty, it also has importance on biodiversity. So we should take initiative to conserve them in the environment.” She lauded the organising committee and said, “Such initiative will protect the butterfly species from the extinction. As our university has favorable environment to conserve biodiversity, we are committed to protect it,” she added.
Presided over by Convener of the butterfly fair Prof Monwar Hossain Tuhin, JU Pro-VC (academic) Prof Md Nurul Alam, Treasurer Prof Sheikh Md Monzurul Huq, Dean of Biological Science Faculty Prof Abdul Zabbar Hawlader and Chairman of Prokriti O Jibon Foundation Mukit Majumder Babu addressed the function as special guests, among others.
After the inaugural session, a colorful rally, led by JU VC, brought out from the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises that paraded different streets on the campus.
Fahmia Sarkar Barsha got “Butterfly-Award 2018” this year. In the fair, over 50 species of butterflies were exhibited at Butterfly Park on the campus where a large number of people gathered to enjoy it.
The day-long fair was featured with art completion for the children, quiz competition, debate competition, screened documentary on butterfly, live butterfly display at butterfly-park and a short cultural session.
