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Pvt sector urged to help build knowledge-based nation

DBBL donates Tk 9.73crfor DU research centre

Staff Correspondent
Eminent academics and economists at a discussion yesterday said the 'private sector should contribute more to the development of education and research to help establish a knowledge-based nation.
In the past, all look for public money to establish research centres while the businesses also stayed back from such ventures, but now is the time for businessmen to come forward for nationbuilding task by financing researches, theyadded.
At the discussion at DU Senate Bhaban, Managing Director of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) Yeasin Ali handed over a Letter of Commitment for donation ofTk 9.73 crore to DU Vice- Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz for constructing Dutch-Bangla Bank Centre for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences'.
Prof Faiz said DBBL has become an integral pan of Dhaka University by making a huge contribution to the construction of the research centre.
"This is part ofhistory," he added.
The VC said the 11-storey research centre being constructed in between Atomic Energy Commission and Teachers Students Centre will hare a research cell and auditorium.
There will also be a museum that
will preserve the history of Dhaka University as well, hesaid.
Prof Faiz said this will surely be a centre of excellence for national and in tema tf on al irt tffyecttrais.-res^arch'-ers and academics.
DBBL MD Yeasin Ali said the bank, keeping in mind that businesses have social responsibility, started such projects since its inception in mid-'90s.
He said DBBL Foundation provides scholarships worth about Tk 4 crore a year to talented and poor students, 80 percent of whom hail from the villages.
Of the total scholarships, 50 percent goes to female students, he noted.
The bank has also healthcare services for poor people and responded to the needs of the victims of natural calamities, Yeasin Ali said, adding, "We want to contribute to researches in social and pure sciences. because it has no alternatives to our survival."
Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud, a noted economist, said there has been a lacking in the finance planning on education, but Dutch-Bangla Bank has opened a new era in the country.
Private bodies are playing significant role for the development of many famous universities like Harvard and Yell, he said, adding, "The DBBL's donation for DU is a
milestone in the history of Bangladesh."
Dr Wahiduddin said it is now the responsibility of the government and others concemeti ro Make Arrangements for better educarioh planning and encourage private sector to contribute to the development of research in the country.
Prof Serajul Islam Chowdhury said expansion of education and its development require patronisation.
"The universities should not be made only institutes of education, but also of research centre as well," he said laying stress on quality publications in the universities.
DU Pro-VC Dr AFM Yusuf Haider said in the recent times the university has been lacking good researches due to absence of a centre.
With the construction of 'Dutch-Bangla Bank Centre for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, the university will surely have a vibrant environment for research activities, he noted.
DU Teachers' Association President Prof Sadrul Amin, Social Science Faculty Dean Prof Harun-or-Rashid, DU Treasurer Prof Syed Abul Kal am Azad, and former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers Commerce and Industry Mir Nasir Hossain also spoke at the discussion moderated by research centre Director Prof Ahmed Kamal.