The Department of Economics of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) has recently organised its annual day long ECO FEST at the permanent campus of the university.
The theme of this year’s programme was ‘Socio Economic Changes in Bangladesh and Global Context’ and the activities were designed for the college students and the students of AIUB.
Students from 24 colleges along with AIUB students participated in the event held on Thursday last, according to a media release received today (Monday).
Muhammad Abdul Mannan, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Planning, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was the Chief Guest of the closing ceremony and distributed the prizes among the winners.
Dr Md Nuruzzaman, Director (Training), National Academy for Planning and Development, was the special guest of the ECO FEST event.
The Vice Chancellor of AIUB, Dr Carmen Z Lamagna, acknowledged the importance of the day long activities organised by the Department of Economics and encouraged the students to be involved more in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities.
Dr Rahmatullah ABM, the Head of the Department of Economics, expressed gratitude to the management of AIUB and sponsor ‘daraz’ to make this programme successful.
The closing ceremony was attended by the Founder member of AIUB, Dr Hasanul Hasan, Deans, Academic and Administrative staff, students, participants from colleges and alumni of the department.