Bangladesh embassy honours academic community, leaders

Five distinguished faculty were presented with crests for their academic excellence. They are Dr Khaled Khan, Dr Anwarul Hasan, Dr Shahriar Saadullah and Dr Mizanur Rahman from Qatar University, and Dr Rubayet Hasan from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Bangladesh Community Qatar (BCQ) was presented with a crest for engagements contributing to the betterment of the community in Qatar and Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ) for its active role in promoting business and investment opportunities in Bangladesh. The academics and BCQ president engineer Anwar Hossain Akon and BFQ president Mohamed Shafiqul Islam received the crests from Bangladesh ambassador Mohamed Jashim Uddin. The envoy thanked the Bangladeshi diaspora in Qatar for their contributions.Other speakers at the ceremony highlighted the potential areas of collaboration between educational institutions in Bangladesh and Qatar. They also underlined the role of Bangladeshi diaspora in enhancing people-to-people contact. Around 100 members of the Bangladeshi academic community in Qatar attended the event.