ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Feb 10, 2021 (BSS) – A PhD seminar on ‘Literatures in
Ethnic Groups of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Study’ was held at Islamic
University (IU) in Kushtia today.
English Department of the university arranged the event at the second floor
of Rabindra-Nazrul academic building on the campus around 11:00am.
Arts faculty dean of the university Professor Dr Sarawr Murshed was present
at the seminar as the chief guest while Professor Dr M Shahadat Hossain Azad
of the English Department spoke here as the chief discussant with English
Department chairperson Professor Dr Mossammad Salma Sultana in the chair.
PhD fellow M Zahidul Islam of the department presented his research papers
under the supervision of Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman of the same department
conducted by its Assistant Professor Prakash Chandra Biswas.
Languages, cultures, literatures, rituals, totems, taboos and other social
activities of the ethnic groups were discussed in his papers.