28 DU social science graduates receive Dean’s award

The Faculty of Social Sciences at Dhaka University (DU) has conferred Dean's Award on 28 meritorious students of different departments under the faculty for their outstanding academic results in Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) Honors examinations. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed the awards among the students at a programme held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban in the university on Tuesday. The students, who obtained the best result in honors examinations in their respective departments without improvement exams, were selected for the award. Congratulating the awardees, Prof Arefin urged them to play the leading role in making the country more prosperous. He said: “The students must possess humanitarian qualities like moral values, honesty, sincerity and dedication as the extremism has been expanding across the world due to the lack of humanitarian values.” “Therefore, the young generation must equip themselves with humanitarian values and it will help them to prosper in life,” the DU VC added. Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Prof AJM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan presided over the programme while Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman and Treasurer Prof Kamal Uddin addressed the ceremony as special guests.