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A total of 40 under-graduate meritorious students of Dhaka University (DU) received the Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship of Japan on Monday.
The scholarship was given to the students of different academic years at a programme at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal distributed scholarship among the students as the chief guest.
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) of DU Prof Dr Sitesh Chandra Bachar presided over the function while Minister of the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh Mr Machida Tatsuya and Country General Manager of the Sumitomo Corporation M Shinichi Nagata addressed it as special guests.
General Manager (Corporate affairs) of the Sumitomo Corporation Mr Shofi Ullah declared the names of awardees. DU Registrar Probir Kumar Sarker conducted the programme.
The DU vice-chancellor congratulated the students upon receiving the prestigious scholarship.
He also thanked the Sumitomo Corporation authorities for providing scholarship to the DU meritorious students.
He called upon the brilliant students to prepare themselves as skilled human resources to turn Bangladesh into a prosperous country.
The DU VC said, "A friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Japan has been prevailing for a long time." He recalled all-out support and cooperation of the Japan government for socio-economic development of Bangladesh since the country's independence.