DHAKA, May 2, 2019 (BSS) – Five meritorious students of University
Laboratory School and College have been awarded Shahid Sheikh Russel Memorial
Scholarship for their outstanding academic performances.
The recipients of the scholarships are- Nafisa Akter Tuli, Arafat Bhuiyan,
Md. Siam Islam, Sanjan Saha and Md. Fihaj Alam, said a DU press release.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman distributed
scholarships among the students as chief guest at a function today at the
school auditorium.
Prof Akhtaruzzaman said Sheikh Russell, youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, was killed along with most of his family members on August
15, 1975 when he was a student of class IV at University Laboratory School.
The August 15 carnage was a barbaric act of massacre in the history which
will be remembered forever,” he said.
Director of the Institute of Education & Research (IER) Prof. Syeda Tahmina
Akhter, Acting Principal of University Laboratory School & College Mrs Selina
Banu, among others, addressed it.