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The 5th Biochemistry Olympiad, 2014 at DMB Dhaka University

The 5th Biochemistry Olympiad, 2014 at DMB Dhaka University

18th March, 14. The fifth Biochemistry Olympiad was held on March 14, 2014 at the Curzon Hall premises, University of Dhaka. The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Dhaka University hosted this Meet. The aim of the Olympiad was to familiarize SSC/O level and HSC/A level on innovations and research works in the field of life science to the future generations. About two thousand students from SSC/O level and HSC/A level from various high schools and institutions participated in this biggest ever festival of bioscience in the country. The day long program featured quiz, poster exhibition, popular lectures, and an interaction session, laboratory visits and award ceremony. Bangladesh International Tutorial and Mastermind received the awards for the best school and the best college, respectively. In the HSC/A Level category, Shafique Chowdhury of Mastermind became champion while Saithi Shrabanti Hawlader of Sunnydale School became the runner-up. On SSC/O Level, Ishtiaque Hossain of BIT became the champion and Rummon Mohsin of the same school became the runner-up. Prof. A A M S Arefin Siddique, Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, gave away the prizes to the winners and the institutions at the award-giving ceremony. As a special award, Mr. Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, Deputy Managing Director, BRAC Bank Limited,  joined the organizers in presenting winning schools and colleges with 4 microscopes for their Biological Laboratories.

Prof. Dr. Shahid Akhter Hossain, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Imdadul Hoque, Dean, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Prof. Haseena Khan, Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University, Shantanu Saha Roy, Member Secretary, 5th Biochemistry Olympiad, all faculty members  from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graced the occasion and congratulated the organizers. They  deeply appreciated the BRAC Bank for extending their support to organize the Biochemistry Olympiad and for their future plans to organize the festival on a bigger scale. The organizers are highly grateful to Channel i, Radio Foorti and Banglanews24.com for acting as the media partners of the program. [summarized by Samsad Razzaque at Biochem lab, DU]

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