Political psychopaths are destining to be doomed, former chief adviser to the 1996 caretaker government Justice Habibur Rahman said yesterday.
“Let the present state of things not be a cause for despair. Do not get disheartened. Like cyclone and sidr, the activity of political psychopath will not be able to sustain themselves. They will dry out. They are destining to be doomed,” he said at the 15th convocation of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) at the Army Stadium.
“I say, you shall overcome all hurdles on your way and you will surely conquer,” he told the students.
As many as 182 students, made up of 179 undergraduates and three graduates, have earned academic honours. Five of them – two from the undergraduate and three from the graduate classes – have received the Chancellor’s Award (gold medal) for completing their programmes with a perfect CGPA of 4 out of 4. They are Tanzina Ahmed Choudhury (valedictorian), Nazia Sultana (valedictorian), Shampa Sadia, Sayema Sultana and Ahmad Mufassir Masum.
A record number of 1,955 students attended the convocation. Of them, 1,246 are undergraduates and 709 graduates from various programmes of the university.
The convocation began after paying homage to South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, through one minute of silence.
As delegated by the president and chancellor of IUB, Abdul Hamid, Vice-Chancellor Prof M Omar Rahman conferred the degrees to the graduates. Justice Habibur was the Convocation Speaker.
IUB Board of Trustees Chairman Rashed Chowdhury, IUB founding Trust Chairman Saifur Rahman and Registrar Tanvir A Khan also spoke on the occasion.
