The extent of power is determined by the extent of "nuisance we can create in society", observed the adviser.

He was addressing a scholarship-awarding ceremony at Osmani Memorial Hall in the city and told the awardees to avert nurturing such attitude when they would reach such levels on completion of their studies.

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited organised the ceremony to award certificates to 200 HSC- passed poor, but meritorious, students as part of their corporate social responsibility.

The awardees will get a monthly stipend of Tk 2,000 and an annual lump allocation of Tk 5,000 each to meet their academic expenses up to postgraduate level.

The adviser told the function that the government has given thehighest priority to education sector, but it's not yet possible for the government to meet the entire demand for the development of the education sector.

He called upon various organisations to emulate the DBBL gesture of benevolence through taking similar initiatives so that meritorious students do not drop out from their studies.

"A nation cannot prosper without development of its human resources. Even natural resources- be whatever the amount--cannot develop a nation," said the adviser, adding that a country like Bangladesh has the potential to climb onto the level of rich nations within a short period of time if its human resource can be utilised properly.

He said there are many instances that many countries, having almost no natural resources, have developed only by properly developing and utilising their human resources.

DBBL Managing Director Yasin Ali said the bank spends around Tk 4 crore annually for education sector.

They have also similar programmes in health sector as well as programmes of response to natural calamity.