Demand for permanent campus logical

Ashraful Islam Joy & Sirajul Islam Shishir:

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change said, “Once, country’s people known Sirajganj as a district of handloom and Jamuna river. But now, it is going to be famous for Rabindra University. So, establishing permanent campus for the university has now turned into a logical demand.”

She came up with the remarks, while visiting the proposed site of permanent campus for Rabindra University in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday.

She further said, “It’s a logical demand, so, there is nothing to be disappointed about it. You know, nothing is possible in our Bangladesh without long-term efforts. However, just hearing the name of this university, it creates a kind of poetic feelings, which will enrich the country’s culture, heritage and education system that I believe.”

Expressing hope of immediate launching the construction work of permanent campus for the Rabindra University, she said, “The interim government is very sincere about the construction of permanent campus. The issue has already been proposed to ECNEC and no one has any disagreement on this. So we have to select the right place now.”

Earlier, the advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan reached to the temporary academic building-3 of the university at around 10:00 am. At that time, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. S. M. Hasan Talukder, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Suman Kanti Barua, Treasurer Professor Dr. Firoz Ahmed, Registrar Professor Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman, teachers, students and officials of various faculties greeted her with flowers.

Later, a documentary about the permanent campus of the university was shown in the auditorium of the temporary building. After that, she crossed the Baral River by boat from Baghabari Ghat and reached to the designated permanent campus of the university, which is located at the confluence of three rivers.

In addition to visiting the designated land of the campus and the surrounding area, Syeda Rizwana Hasan participated in the tree plantation program. At that time, she emphasized on the environmentally friendly development of the university and urged all concerned to work sincerely.

During her visit, she was companied by Dr. Qayyum Ara Begum, Member Secretary of the Socio-Economic Infrastructure Department of the Bangladesh Planning Commission, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Faruk Hossain, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Sirajganj.