66 DU students honoured with Dean’s Award
Some 66 students from eight departments under Dhaka University Biological Sciences were awarded ‘Dean's Award’ on Thursday for their excellent academic results in the BSC Honors examinations of session 2014-15. Among the recipients, 45 are female and 21 male students. Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed the awards among the brilliants at a function at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university. Biological Sciences Faculty Dean Prof M Imdadul Hoque presided over the function while Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman and Treasurer Prof Md Kamal Uddin addressed it as special guests. Prof Arefin stressed the need for nurturing self purification to become a perfect human being.
 "Students have to equip themselves with humanitarian values to upgrade the human civilization," the VC added. Prof Arefin said extremism has been expanded in the society as well as the world due to lack of humanistic education.
Awardees are--- Hasina Tasmin Moutushi, Mithun Kumar Saha, Fariha Farzana (Soil, Water and Environment), Ishrat Jahan Bonna, Chandan Kumar Dash, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Md Hasan Shaikh, Zakya Sultana Jui, Afsana Hossain, Mohammad Mahmood Hasan, Khaza Marzia Mou, Farzana Akter Jake (Botany), Nusrat Jahan Sanzida,
Mumtahina Mohammad, Sadia Sultana, Fahmida Sarker, Fatima Akter, Nigar Sultana, JBM Aysha Akter, Chaity Modak, Nusrat Jahan Tushi, Md. Ziauddin Al Mamun, Rashna Sharmin, SM Anwar Hossain Palash, Mehjabin Rahman, Mousumi Akter, Trisha Rani Singha Ray, Taslima Akter Lima, Farhana Najnin (Zoology), Talita Zahin Choudhury, Hamida Nooreen Mahmood, Protup Kumer Sarker, Aftab Uz Zaman Noor, Nusrat Jahan Nova, Ar-Rafi Md. Faisal, Tohfa Kabir (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Sumaia Ali Raisa (Psychology), Ayesha Rahman, Nadira Naznin Rakhi, SM Tanjil Shah, Juthi Biswas, Anika Shimonthy, Sharmin Aktar,
ASM Rubayet-Ul-Alam, Shahnaz Sultana, Rifat Parveen, Md Abu Sayem Khan, Akhinur Rahman, Md Belal Hossain, Tusher-Al-Arafat, Md Shazid Hasan, Musharrat Jahan Prima, Sharmin Ahmed, Atia Binte Amin, Khondaker Md Jaminur Rahman, Subarna Sandhani Dey, Umme Tamanna Ferdous, Sayeeda Be-Nozir, Nourin Tarannum (Microbiology), Md Mostavi Enan Eshik, Sadia Afrin Akhi, Jakir Hossain (Fisheries), Md Shamir Montazid, Hasan Al Reza, Afsana Bhuiyan Toma and Tasmia Islam (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology).
CUB, US-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce sign memorandum
Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, says a press release.
Prof James Gomez, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Aziz Ahmad, Chairman, US-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective institutions. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, founder and chairman, Canadian University of Bangladesh, was present to witness the MoU signing ceremony.
Through the MoU, the two institutions will explore academic and industry linkages in the US for students of Canadian University of Bangladesh.