9 researchers get Mirza Banu, Sirajul Islam Endowment Fund Award

Nine researchers were awarded ‘Mirza Banu and Sirajul Islam Endowment Fund Award’ for their outstanding contributions to research in history, reports BSS.

Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) professor Kazi Shahidullah distributed the award among the researchers on Thursday at Sirajul Islam Lecture Hall of Dhaka University (DU).

History Department of Dhaka University organised the event.

History department chairman professor Ahmed Abdullah Jamal presided over the programme while dean of the Arts faculty professor Abu Md Delwar Hossain and donor of the Endowment Fund professor Sirajul Islam addressed it as special guests.

Chairman of the Bangladesh Shishu Academy and prominent writer Selina Hossain delivered Mirza Banu Memorial Lecture. Professor Asha Islam Nayeem, daughter of Mirza Banu and Sirajul Islam and other members of their family were present on this occasion.

The recipients of Mirza Banu and Sirajul Islam Endowment Fund Award are Murshida Binte Rahman, Shahid Kader Chowdhury, Ananda Bikash Chakma, Sayed Rezaul Karim, Miltan Kumar Deb, Ashrafunnahar, Md Shahiduzzaman, Sanjida Khanom and Shuvashish Majumder.