IUB opens free dorm for females

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) opened a dormitory, IUB-Saima Hall, for meritorious female students from outside Dhaka.

Tahrunnesa Abdullah, a social worker and Magsaysay laureate, inaugurated the opening ceremony of the hall, funded by Shaheed Khalek and Major Salek Bir Uttam Trust, at Baridhara J Block in the capital yesterday.

Among others, A Matin Chowdhury, IUB Founding Trust chairman; Rashed Chowdhury, IUB Board of Trustees chairman; and M Omar Rahman, IUB vice-chancellor; were present.