A day-long Bird Fair-2020 was held on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus yesterday with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds for the ecological balance. JU Zoology department in association with Wild Life Rescue Centre (WLRC), Bangladesh Bird Club, Arannyak Foundation, and Prakriti O Jiban Foundation organised the fair on the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises on the campus for the 19th time in a row. JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam inaugurated the fair by releasing balloons at 11am.

Addressing the programme, JU VC said, “Huge numbers of migratory birds of different species and colours have come on the Jahangirnagar University campus. We are more careful about their habitat and kept the lakes lease free to maintain a bird friendly environment here’.

Presided over by the convener of the fair Prof Kamrul Hasan, JU Treasurer Prof Sheikh Md Monzurul Huq, Bangladesh Representative of International Union of Conservation in Nature (IUCN) Rakibul Amin, Founder of Bangladesh Bird Club Enam Al Haque, and Founder of Wild Life Rescue Center (WLRC) Prof Mostafa Firoz addressed at the inaugural session of the fair among others.