Music festival to begin at DU Jan 27
UNB, Dhaka
A two-day long music festival will be held on January 27 and 28 at Dhaka University (DU) Teacher-Student Centre (TSC), Shahbag in the capital.
DU music departmentorganises the festival as part of its regular academic curriculum, the departments chairperson Tumpa Samadar said at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday.
The universitys Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman will inaugurate the event as the chief guest. Acting High Commissioner of India in Dhaka Dr Adarsh Swaika, DU Pro- VC (Academic) Dr Nasreen Ahmad, Pro- VC (Administration) Prof Dr Muhammad Samad, among others, will attend the ceremony as special guests.
Students and teachers of the music Department, invited singers from India and Sri Lanka will perform at the festival.
The honours student, who graduated at the top of the class in 2017, will be given Nilufar Yasmin Memorial Scholarship. Besides eminent music personalities - late professor Mridul Kanti Chakrabarty and Madan Gopal Das- will be honoured.
