Straight Talk
Abdul Mannan
3rd July, 2021 11:55:48 AM
On 1st. of July Dhaka University celebrated its 100th anniversary. As the country along with rest of world is going through a devastating pandemic, killing thousands of people, the Centenary Celebration was a bit lacklustre and token excepting few alumni publishing some commentaries in some national dailies and a handful coming to talk on TV and arranging few webinars. The Vice-chancellor and his colleagues also planted few saplings to mark this historic occasion. One hundred years of existence of a university in a country like Bangladesh is definitely an occasion to be proud of. For my generation it is more so because as a student we could also experience Golden Jubilee of the University in 1971 but as the country was inching towards the Liberation War there wasn’t much scope for any celebration, excepting DUCSU publishing a twelve page tabloid sized bulletin. There were few seminars at TSC.
Rasel Sarker, Dhaka University Correspondent
bdnews24.com
Published: 01 Jul 2021 02:59 AM BdST
Updated: 01 Jul 2021 02:59 AM BdST Dhaka University students wearing graduation gowns celebrate the convocation day. The university held its 52nd convocation on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Dhaka University's TSC area that burst with revellers in past years,was eerily quiet on Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021, the first day of a nationwide seven-day total lockdown as the celebrations of Pahela Baishakh have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Over the last century, Dhaka University has offered contemporary higher education to the masses and left an indelible imprint in a nation's path to independence.