60 meritorious students honoured in Feni

FENI, Nov 9: Sixty meritorious students, including recipients of primary and junior scholarship examinations, were honoured at a ceremony in Feni on Sunday night.

The students were awarded crests at the convention hall of Radix Hotel in the town in the presence of their guardians. Badal’s English Care organised the programme.

Shahadat Hossain Badal, founder and director of the institution, chaired the event and conducted the programme.

The guests included Muhammad Abu Taher Bhuiyan, Feni correspondent of The Daily Observer; Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Editor of Daily Feni Shomoy; Abdul Haiyum Jewel, Assistant Professor of English at Rajapur College; and Ariful Amin Rizvi, Editor of Daily Feni; Lion Morshed Hossain, General Secretary of Bangladesh College Teachers' Association's Feni District unit; and Atiar Sajal, Senior Reporter at Somoy Television's Feni bureau.  

Students Mishkatul Muntaha, Chandrima Debnath, Nafiuun Nur and Zinatul Islam also spoke at the event.

The institution honoured students who had received primary and junior scholarships, as well as those who excelled in the final examination of its Basic English Course.

Speakers said English was an international language and proficiency in it was essential for students to establish themselves both at home and abroad. They praised the institution's longstanding efforts to improve students' English language skills.