The Japanese studies department at Dhaka University on Tuesday opened a language laboratory.
Dhaka University vice-chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman formally inaugurated the Kazuko Bhuiyan Language Lab at a function at the department.
Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki, faculty of social sciences dean Zia Rahman, founding chair of the department professor Abul Barkat and Kazuko Bhuiyan Welfare Trust chair Mamtaz Uddin Bhuiyan addressed the programme chaired by Japanese studies department chair Abdullah-Al-Mamun.
This language lab has been established with the financial assistance from the Kazuko Bhuiyan Welfare Trust.
The vice-chancellor thanked the Kazuko Bhuiyan Welfare Trust authorities for providing financial support to establish a language lab at the Japanese Studies Department.
This language lab will play an important role in strengthening the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Japan, he hoped.
Akhtaruzzaman, however, thanked the Japan government for its cooperation in overall development of Bangladesh as well as the Dhaka University.
Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki said, ‘The DU Japanese Studies Department has been playing an important role in promoting Japanese language and culture as well as strengthening the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Japan since its inception.’
The students of this department will work to build friendly ties between these two countries, he added.
It may be mentioned that Kazuko Bhuiyan was born on November 01, 1950 in Shizuoka, Japan. She got married to Mamtaz Uddin Bhuiyan and migrated to Bangladesh in 1973.
Later, she worked at a Japanese Language School in Bangladesh as a teacher. She died on July 29, 2016 in a tragic road accident in Abu Dhabi.
