Education

Edward College English department welcomes Freshers

Ashim Kumar Paul

THE ceremony for the freshmen of the English department at Govt. Edward College, Pabna was celebrated on June 24 amidst avid enthusiasm. It was held at the Abdus Sattar Auditorium of the college. Professor Mohammad Habibullah Miah, Principal of the college attended the occasion as the chief guest while Professor Mohammad Bozlur Rahman, Vice-Principal was present as the special guest. Professor Partha Sarathi Datta, Head of the department, chaired the function.

Earlier, a procession was brought out from the department attended by the teachers and the students. The ceremony comprised of two parts: speech session and cultural session. The speech session was hosted by Shoeb Ahmed, a fourth year student of the department. The occasion started off with the recitation from the Holy Quran. Following the recitation, Sujon, Setu, Ashim, Nitu who were from different semesters delivered their speeches on behalf of the freshers.

Professor Mohammad Habibullah Miah, Principal, Professor Mohammad Bozlur Rahman, Vice-Principal, ATM Faqrul Islam, Associate Professor, Golam Rabbani and Associate Professor and Convener of the function, Mr. Shajahan, Secretary of Teachers' Staff Council spoke on the occasion. In the presidential speech, Professor Partha Sarathi Dutta said that students of the department should engage themselves in the pursuit of knowledge.

(The writer is a 4th student of Department of English, Govt. Edward College, Pabna.)

Eastern University Drama and Theatre
Forum to stage Tiner Talwar

Inspired by the success of the workshop on Performance and Performing Arts and successful staging of a drama Moliere's The miser at the Auditorium of British Council on July 3 2009, the members of Eastern University Drama and Theatre Forum are going to stage a Bangla Comedy Tiner Talwar by Utpal Dutta at public library Auditorium Shahbag, Dhaka on 5 August 2010 at 5pm. Star Campus (a weekly publication of The Daily Star), ATN Bangla and Radio Bijoy will be the media partner in the event.