Muktijuddo and our questions

Many of us born in independent Bangladesh have a lot of questions regarding the Liberation War, issues that led to it, and of course, where we stand today. In order to shed some light on these queries, HOPE organised an hour-long discussion session, as part of a series, on the War of Liberation at the university campus on October 30, 2008, (last Thursday).
The invited panel of guests, included Maj. (Retd.) A Matin Chowdhury, currently a member of the Board of Trustees of IUB, General (Retd.) Syeed Ahmed, Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mohammad Nazrul Islam, BP, PSC, and Mr. Akku Chowdhury, who is also member of the Board of Trustees of the Liberation War Museum. Also presiding over the event was Prof. Bazlul Mobin Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, IUB; Dr. Tanvir Ahmed, Registrar, Prof. Nazrul Islam, Director of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS), and Dr. GM Shahidul Alam, Head of Department of Media and Communications also attended.

It was an exciting, interactive event. For more information, check out Farina's coverage of the discussion on Star Campus at http://www.thedailystar.net/campus/2008/11/02/feature_iub.htm

Old is Gold

Right before Eid, we went to check out our tiny friends and see if we could make them happy. We needed to see how people on the other end of the age spectrum lived their lives. That's why, on October 25, a delegation from HOPE went to the Boshipuk Old Home to spend some time with the aged residents there.
It was a beautiful place, and the people living there seemed well taken care of, but some of their stories, of how they ended up here, were really heart-wrenching. Too bad our plans for a concert were nixed by the institution's policies, but we still hope to get a correspondence program running shortly. Stay tuned for more news!