Dhaka 11 January, 2015.  Recently an MoU has been signed between the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences (UGAS), Iwate University, Japan and the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka with the aim of establishing academic collaborations such as exchange of students and faculty members and undertaking joint research programs, etc.

Three Faculty members of UGAS as mentioned below  visited Dhaka  December 8 – 11, 2015. They are:         1. Keitaro Tawaraya, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University.  Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan;
2. Hiroyuki Shimono,  United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Associate Professor, Crop Science, Iwate University;  Morioka, Iwate, Japan; 3. Abidur Rahman, Associate Professor, Cryobiofrontier Research Center;  Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan

A seminar  in which the above three professors spoke, was held in January 11, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the Auditorium, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka.  They spoke in their respective field of research. They also discussed on the field  of academic collaboration between the two universities.