{"id":44359,"date":"2018-05-26T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T09:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=44359"},"modified":"2018-05-26T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T09:23:26","slug":"pm-receives-dlitt-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=44359","title":{"rendered":"PM receives DLitt degree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News desk: Prime Minister\u00a0Sheikh Hasina on Saturday\u00a0received an honorary Doctor of Literature (D. Litt) from\u00a0Kazi Nazrul University of West Bengal for her outstanding role in improving\u00a0the living standard of the people through democracy, women empowerment,\u00a0poverty alleviation and socioeconomic development.<\/p>\n

The university conferred the degree on her at a special convocation and\u00a0the 3rd annual convocation of the university on its campus in West Burdwan\u00a0district here.<\/p>\n

Vice chancellor of the university Sadhan Chakraborty presided over the\u00a0convocation while Minister in Charge of Department of Higher Education of\u00a0West Bengal government Dr Partha Chaterjee was the guest-of-honour.<\/p>\n

Prime minister's sister Sheikh Rehana, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH\u00a0Mahmood Ali, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and dignitaries of the two\u00a0counties, including academics, poets, artistes and senior officials attended\u00a0the function.<\/p>\n

Paying her tributes to national poet of Bangladesh Kazi Nazrul Islam,\u00a0Sheikh Hasina urged everybody to rise above small interests and communalism\u00a0and learn how to value people as human being as taught by Nazrul.<\/p>\n

“As a member of human race, she said, everybody should uphold the values\u00a0of humanity above all not only in his\/her working place but also in every\u00a0steps of life.”<\/p>\n

Sheikh Hasina expressed her immense pleasure for having the opportunity to\u00a0come to the birthplace of Kazi Nazrul on his birthday and receive the degree\u00a0from a university named after him.<\/p>\n

“I think this honour is not only for me, but also the people of\u00a0Bangladesh,” she said, extending thanks to the university authorities for the
\ndegree.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Hasina said advent of rebel poet Nazrul in the sky of Bengali\u00a0literature was just like a comet. Nazrul, who was a poet, litterateur, music\u00a0composer, musician, singer, music director, dramatist, actor, journalist,\u00a0editor and soldier, has filled the Bengali literature with precious\u00a0treasures.BSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News desk: Prime Minister\u00a0Sheikh Hasina on Saturday\u00a0received an honorary Doctor of Literature (D. Litt) from\u00a0Kazi Nazrul University of West Bengal for her outstanding role in improving\u00a0the living standard of the people through democracy, women empowerment,\u00a0poverty alleviation and socioeconomic development. The university conferred the degree on her at a special convocation and\u00a0the 3rd annual convocation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n