“Bangladesh will ever remember the contribution of Dhaka University”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 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.

The premier said this today in a message on the occasion of the 104th founding anniversary of Dhaka University (DU), the country's highest echelon of academic excellence.

"I am happy to know that the historic Dhaka University, also known as the Oxford of the East, is celebrating its 104th founding anniversary. On this occasion, I extend my sincere greetings to all the teachers, students, parents and officials-employees of the university,” she said.

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 1947 partition, was not the safe place for the Bangla speaking people.

She said that it was Bangabandhu who played a pioneering role to wage 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.
(Inputs taken from BSS.)