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Construction of Nazrul University begins in Nov

KAUSAR ISLAM AYoN
The construction work on Nazrul University in Trishal, the country's first university with emphasis on performing and liberal arts, will begin in November.
The government appointed Prof Md Shamsur Rahman as the project director in July after the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved the university project involving Tk 14.90 crore in February.
Prime Minister Khelada Zia is expected to lay the foundation stone of the university named after the national poet.
A research centre on poet Nazrul would also be set up under the university, said Selima Rahman, state minister for cultural affairs.
"Top priority will be given to the research on Nazrul's overall contribution besides keeping his memory alive and publishing his works," she
added.
Apart from a faculty of performing arts (music, dance, drama and film) and liberal arts (literature and language), the university will have a faculty of business studies. It will enrol 450 students every year.
All the institutes and organisations working on the poet will come under the supervision of this university, sources said. It will also take care of all kinds of activities and research on the poet.
Prof Shamsur Rahman told The Daily Star: "The project work is going on in full swing. We hope to start academic activities of the university in 2006."
The Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum took the initiative to set up Nazrul University in 1997. It received five acres of land in donation and also bought another five acres for the institution.
As the forum could not manage a fund of Tk one crore to open a univer-
sity in the private sector, it requested the government to take over the project. Finally, the project was handed over to the government in 2002.
Acquisition of 20 more acres of land is now on the process.
Prof Ashraf Siddique, president of the forum, expressed his gratitude to the government and urged it to start the academic session as soon as possible.
"It is a great joy for us as we are going to get the chance to study the poet and his works. His poems and thoughts will continue to inspire the people to contribute to the society," he said.
Abdul Mannan Syed, director general of Nazrul Institute, said it is imperative that there should be a recognised body to supervise the research and other activities on the poet so that the organisations concerned can work in a harmony.