12 JU students awarded scholarships

MNA Education Desk: A total of 12 Jahangirnagar University (JU) students with financial difficulties have been awarded scholarships, reported news agency.

Jahangirnagar University Alumni Association in the United Kingdom (JUAAUK), an organisation of former JU students living in the UK, donated the stipend money for the financially insolvent students.

On Thursday, convener of JUAAUK Stipend Fund of Bangladesh unit professor Md Kamrul Hasan handed over the stipend money to the students at a function held at the seminar room of JU Philosophy department, said a press release on Saturday.

Member of the organisation professor Md Farhad Hossain of Statistics department and professor Nurul Islam of Geography and Environment department addressed the function, among others, the release added.