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President tells AUST convocation

27 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Unb, Dhaka

President Zillur Rahman gives away a gold medal to a successful student at 4th convocation of Ahasanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre yesterday.Photo: PID

President Zillur Rahman yesterday emphasized building the country as economically self-reliant with a view to making its independence meaningful. “Today we're the citizens of an independent and sovereign country… it is responsibility of all particularly the young generation to build the country as economically self-reliant for making the independence meaningful,” he said. The president made the remarks while presiding over the 4th convocation of Ahasanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid was the special guest at the function while Quazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, chairman of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), was the convocation speaker. Zillur said it should be ensured that every citizen of the country can have two handfuls of rice twice a day and also live in peace.” Congratulating the graduates, he urged them to join the nation-building by giving top priority to honesty and sincerity and also showing their talents and creativity. “You'll be a bridge between the past and the present. And with your success, Bangladesh will become the best among the South Asian countries,” he said. About the role of the universities, he said the activities of the universities should be multifarious in quest of knowledge so they could play important role in creating skilled manpower by facilitating endless exercises of knowledge, creative activities and the researches. Zillur hoped that the private universities would fix reasonable tuition fees by considering the country's overall socio-economic condition. AUST Vice Chancellor Prof Dr M Anwar Hossain and president of Ahsania Mission Kazi Rafiqul Alam also spoke on the occasion. University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Nazrul Islam and former attorney general Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq were present at the function. Mithila Barua, Muhammad Imranur Rahman Mazumder and Muhammad Qumrul Ahsan were awarded Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Padak for their outstanding academic results.