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'Vote for Cox's Bazar, Sundarbans'

Campaign begins at DU

DU Correspondent
To encourage people to vote for Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans to be named one of the 'New 7 Wonders of Nature', the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) jointly launched a campaign on the DU campus yester-
day.
The new seven wonders in the world will be selected through online voting a competition organised by The New 7 Wonders Foundation, a Geneva-based organisation. Online voters across the world can choose from 77 official nominees for the new seven wonders.
Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans are
two nominees in the competition, which are currently holding number one and three positions in the ranking.
With the slogan: 'Vote for Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans: Contribute to the change process', students of tourism department set up four booths to collect votes from students and teachers.
The booths were set up on the premises of Business Studies Faculty, Arts Building, Curzon Hall and Teachers-Student Centre (TSC).
The students are also helping the people open e-mail account so that they can vote for Cox's Bazar and Sundarbans at
www.new7wonders.com.
Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz formally inaugurated the campaign as tlie chief guest at a ceremony at the conference room of Business Studies Faculty in the morning.
Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, founder of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra, was present as a guest of honour. Shafiq Alam Mehedi, chairman of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, and Prof Sirajul Islam, dean of Business Studies Faculty, spoke attire ceremony presided over' by Prof ’Aghraful Islam? Chowdhury, chairman of tourism department.
Prof Abu Sayeed said good and attractive locations in the country should be highlighted in order to dispel the negative image of the country, which was created due to corruption.
Prof SMA Faiz stressed the need to raise awareness among the people in order to protect natural environment from the threat of destruction by human activities.
A cultural show was also held at the Business Studies Faculty conference room in the evening as pan of the. campaign.