JU bird fair begins 24 Jan

The Bird Fair – 2020 with basic objective to raising mass awareness about wildlife conservation will be held at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on 24 January.

“JU Zoology department in association with Wild Life Rescue Centre (WLRC), Bangladesh Bird Club, Prokriti O Jibon Foundation, Aronnyok Foundation, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Bangladesh Zoological Society will organise the fair on the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises”, said a press release of the fair organizing committee.

The daylong fair will feature inaugural session, bird identification competition, bird watching through telescope, decoration of stalls, bird painting competition for children, and award giving session , said the press release.