Japanese language classroom inaugurated at DU

The handover ceremony of the Cultural Grassroots Grant Project to the Institute of Modern Languages (IML) of the University of Dhaka was held at the IML auditorium on Tuesday.

The Embassy of Japan provided grant assistance worth approximately Tk 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, according to a press release of the Japan Embassy.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka Prof Dr A S M Maksud Kamal, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh 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.

Three new classrooms and three teacher's rooms were constructed for the Japanese Language and Culture program of IML with the Japanese government's cultural grassroots grant.

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".