Dhaka University (DU) and the DU Chhatra League celebrated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 102th birth anniversary in a different way this year — by cutting a cake for the most pieces as the clock struck twelve.
DU vice chancellor Prof Dr Akhtaruzzaman and BCL president Al Nahiyan Khan Joy witnessed the cake-cutting ceremony at Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hall at 12am on Thursday.
Bangabandhu hall provost Prof Akram Hossen, BCL Bangabandhu hall Chhatra League president Mehedi Hasan Shanto and its general secretary Mahbubur Rahman were also present on the occasion.
After the cake-cutting ceremony, the DU VC handed over awards to the winners of an essay-writing competition. The topic was “Above all parties: Universal Bangabandhu”.
Hasibul Hasan Hasib, a fourth-year student of the Bangla department, came first in the competition, while Nurul Huda from the same department and Nafis Sadik from the economics department secured the second and third positions, respectively.
Thanking the hall administration for arranging such a programme, the DU VC said, “Bangabandhu is considered one of the greatest leaders in the world. Today, we are celebrating his 102th birth anniversary because we preserve his ideals in our hearts.”
Bangabandhu was born in Tungipara village of Gopalganj on this day in 1920.
“Bangabandhu hall Chhatra League has lined up other activities like food distribution among the street children and supplication programme at the hall mosque after Asar prayer,” the student wing of the ruling Awami League said in a release.
Source: United News of Bangladesh