Dhaka University celebrates 100 years of founding anniversary

Dhaka University is celebrating its 100th founding anniversary today (on Thursday).

No physical event was held on campus to mark the day due to the ongoing pandemic.

The authorities celebrated the anniversary of the institution through an online programme, said a press release.

As part of the celebration, the programme started with the national anthem, hoisting of the national flag and Dhaka University flag and balloons at the premises of Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building.

DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman spoke as chief guest at the programme.

"The main event of the centenary will be held on November 1. President and DU Chancellor Abdul Hamid will grace the occasion as the chief guest to inaugurate the main centenary celebrations," he said.

The Vice-Chancellor also inaugurated the tree-plantation programme on the occasion of the 100th anniversary by planting a Buddha Coconut sapling on the premises of Curzon Hall, the press release added.

Among others, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Muhammad Samad, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor ASM Maqsood Kamal, Treasurer Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, different faculty deans, hall provosts, proctors, president and general secretary of the Dhaka University Teachers Association and several teachers, officers and staff were present at the event.

A virtual discussion is scheduled to be held at 4 pm at the Professor Abdul Matin Chowdhury virtual classroom, where eminent linguist, columnist and intellectual Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury will present the keynote paper titled "Centenary of Dhaka University: Looking Back".

The virtual conference will be aired live on Facebook at 4 pm on Thursday.