Staff Correspondent
The handover ceremony of Cultural Grassroots Grant Project to Institute of Modern Languages (IML) of
University of Dhaka was held recently at the IML auditorium.
The Japanese Embassy provided grant assistance worth approximately BDT 7.5 million to the Institute of
Modern Languages, University of Dhaka to improve the classrooms and teachers’ rooms under the
scheme of Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects.
DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. ASM Maksud Kamal, Japanese Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori, Prof. Dr.
Sayeedur Rahman, Director, Institute of Modern Languages, Project director Prof. Dr. Mohammed
Ansarul Alam, faculties and students of the institute were present on the occasion. 3 new classrooms
and 3 teacher’s room were constructed for the Japanese Language and Culture program of IML with
Japan government’s cultural grassroot grant.
In his speech Japanese Ambassador IWAMA said “I hope that the stakeholders of this facility could make
use of it efficiently not just as classrooms but also as the platform for various cultural and skill
development activities in this campus for those who are interested in Japan”.
