The Daily Star, Midland Bank sign deal

The Daily Star and Midland Bank are jointly initiating a project to promote education and knowledge among meritorious and financially disadvantaged students of five public universities.

The organisations signed an agreement at The Daily Star Centre yesterday to launch the project "Enhancing Knowledge" in August.

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, and Ahsan-uz Zaman, managing director of Midland Bank, signed the agreement.

Under the project, The Daily Star will supply newspapers every day to the selected students of the universities, and Midland Bank will bear the cost of the newspapers as a part of its corporate social responsibility.

The universities are: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Khulna University and Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

The newspapers will be delivered to the dormitories of the students selected in consultation with the vice chancellors' offices of the universities.