Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate a two-day long international conference on Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Sunday at Dhaka University.
The premier, also a former student of the university, will inaugurate the conference on "Bangamata: A Paragon of Women's Leadership and Nation-Building in Bangladesh" as chief guest at the university's Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building.
Independence Award-winning fiction writer and Bangla Academy President Selina Hossain will present the keynote speech at the conference with DU Vice Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Centre for Gender and Development Studies is organizing the international conference.
Pro-VC (Administration) Dr Mohammad Samad, Pro-VC (Academic) Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, Treasurer Md Momtaj Uddin Ahmed and Director of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Centre for Gender and Development Studies Dr Tania Haque will also address the conference.
