Dhaka University (DU), the country's highest stratum of academic excellence, celebrates its 104th founding anniversary on Monday through elaborate programmes with the theme ‘Higher Education for Skill Development of Young Generation’.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greets all the teachers, students, parents and officials-employees of the university on the occasion of the anniversary.
Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr. ASM Maksud Kamal inaugurate the daylong programme as the chief guest at Payra Chattar in front of the university's Teacher-Student Center (TSC) on Monday.
Marking the day, teachers, students, officers and employees of the university, led by the VC, gather at Smriti Chirantan Chatwar with a procession.
Later, they march to Payra Chatwar in front of the TSC with a colourful procession. The inaugural ceremony begins at 10:00 am with the hoisting of national, DU and hall flags, the releasing of pigeons and balloons and the cutting of cake on the premises of Payra Chattar.
After the inauguration ceremony, a discussion session held in the TSC Auditorium at 10.30 am on the theme which be addressed by the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as the chief guest while the DU VC Dr ASM Maksud Kamal preside over it.
The discussion also be addressed, among others, by DU Pro-VC (Administration) Prof Dr Mohammad Samad, Pro-VC (Academic) Prof. Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar and Treasurer Prof Momtaj Uddin Ahmed.
Senate and syndicate members of the university, deans of various faculties, provosts of various halls, chairpersons of different departments along with teachers-students, alumni and officers-employees participate in the discussion.
At the beginning of the meeting, the cover of the second volume of the book titled 'Smaranika' and 'Dhaka University, History and Heritage' be unveiled.
The road from Nilkhet to Fuller Road area be restricted for vehicular movement from 9:30 am to 10:30 am and thus, all are requested to use alternative roads.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted all concerned on the occasion of the 104th founding anniversary of Dhaka University.
In a message on the eve of the day, she said this year’s theme of the day 'Higher Education for Skill Development of Young Generation' is time-befitting.
She mentioned that the then young student of the university’s law department Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman understood the reality that the state, which was created following the 1947 partition, was not a safe place for the Bangla-speaking people.
She said that it was Bangabandhu who played a pioneering role in waging a strong movement for making Bangla (language) as the state language and with the span of time he emerged as the Father of the Nation, “Bangabandhu”, Chief Architect of the Nation and the greatest Bengali of all times.
Highlighting the role of the university in different democratic movements, she categorically said that the people of Bangladesh will ever remember the contribution of the
institution for creating an independent state like Bangladesh alongside conducting intensive research on science and knowledge and achieving socio-economic development of the country.
Staying at the forefront, the students-teachers-employees of this university played a leadership role in many historic events like language movement of 1952, the six point movement of 1966 announced by the Father of the Nation and the Great War of Liberation in 1971, she added.
The university always played a vital role in waging all democratic movements, flourishing non-communal cultural activities and fulfilling hopes and aspirations of the people of the country, she added.
