Eleven students from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University have been awarded the 'Professor Sitara Parvin Award' for achieving the highest results in the 2024 BSS (Honours) examination.
The awards were handed over to the students at a ceremony held on Thursday morning at the Professor Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium at Dhaka University. The Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University, Professor A B M Obaidul Islam, attended the event as the chief guest.
Award Details
A total of Tk 1.93 lakh was distributed among the award-winning students. The prize money was given in recognition of their exceptional academic performance in the 2024 BSS (Honours) examination.A Tribute to a Respected Educator
Sitara Parvin was a faculty member of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University. She was the daughter of former President and Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed and the wife of Professor Ahaduzzaman Mohammad Ali, also of the same department.Sitara Parvin died in a road accident in the United States on June 23, 2005. In her memory, her family established this award at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University.
