Dhaka University Alumni of Saskatchewan

06/26/2021

Dear DUAS Members,
Below is the outcome (or you can count it as a minute) of our meeting.

Meeting agenda: Discussion on the celebration of 100 years of University of Dhaka
Date: 25th June 2021; Place: Saskatoon River Landing (Victoria Park Pagoda)
Participants: A Iqbal, Nurul Khan, Shayeb Shahariar, Shahrima Tahsin, Vikarun Nesa Koly, Tahmina Shaheen, Raju Ahmed, Rahmat Munshi, Md Khalid Eakbal Anik, Zakir Sarker, Md Ripon Hossain, Md Rasel Kabir, Debashish Bhowmik Gautam, Shahina Parveen, Mohammad Rana, Mohammod Ruhul Amin, Nazia Arifa, Israt Jahan Papri, Kazi Rounok Jahan, Masud Al Mamun, A F M Kamrul Hasan.

Meeting outcomes were as follows:

Program name: Celebration of 100 years of University of Dhaka
Activities: Outdoor picnic, cultural program, games/fun activities, and discussion
Date: Saturday, 17th July 2021 (Alternative date: Sunday, 18th July 2021)
Time: 10 am to 8 pm
Venue: Pike Lake
Food options (as discussed)
Breakfast: bread, banana etc.
Lunch: packet food (mutton biriyani, egg, and salad).
Snacks: cookies, watermelon, and fruits etc.

Volunteer committee:
Cultural Program: Vikarun Nessa Koly (coordinator), Israt Jahan Papri, Shahrima Tahsin, Shahina Parveen (Dela), Md Khalid Eakbal Anik, Raju Ahmed,
Games/Fun Activities: Nurul Khan (Palash) (coordinator), Nazia Arifa, Kamrul Hassan, Kazi Rounak Jahan,
Discussion: Rahmat Munshi (Bakul) (coordinator), Nurul Khan (Palash), Mohammad Rana,
Food and Organizing: Masud Al Mamun (coordinator), Nurul Khan (Palash), Debashish Bhowmik Gautam, Zakir Sarker, Md Ripon Hossain, Tahmina Shaheen (will be our Treasurer) Mohammad Azad, Shayeb Shahariar,

Note: Please note that anyone can join the volunteer group of their choice. Just express your interest in the messenger group. Also, each coordinator will be responsible to coordinate among their team members.

Thank you.

02/10/2021

Dear DUAS Member,
Hope everyone is doing good in this super cold weather and safe from COVID-19.
As you all know, International Mother Language day is approaching. As DU alumni, we are proud to be a part of the 1952 language movement history. Hence, we were thinking of doing something (recitation, songs, cherish memories of Ekushey February in DU campus, etc.) virtually to observe International Mother Language Day 2021. I believe as DU alumni, we all have some memory of the Ekushey February on campus.
Let's plan a virtual observance on 20th February afternoon (the same time as 21st Feb in Bangladesh when the Provat Fery is on) to pay tribute to our Bengali Language Martyrs. Please discuss your idea here or in the messenger group. Also, we can plan a meeting in this regard.
On behalf of DUAS Focal Point
Shayeb Shahariar

06/30/2020

Dear DUAS Members,
As you all know that tomorrow (SK time) is the 99th Birthday and first day of 100th Years of our beloved University of Dhaka. Let us have a virtual birthday celebration over Facebook Messenger (or Google Meet, Zoom) tomorrow at 10.00 pm. We will host a short (maximum 1 hour) virtual gathering and cherish our memory.
See you all tomorrow.
Thanks,
Shayeb Shahariar
On behalf of DUAS Focal Points

10/05/2019

Dear DU Alumni of SK,
Good afternoon!
I would like to share our recent activities regarding our upcoming Thanksgiving potluck. First, we wanted to book a community church or school facilities for your potluck, if we have 90 peoples (25 to 30 families) on this event. However, we couldn't find any such facilities on 13 October at 5/6 pm (for 3 hours) within our budget (around 100 to 150 CAD). Most of the facilities are already booked for the day. Also, the next day is a statutory holiday; for this reason, all the facilities are closed after 5 pm. Due to the recent restriction from the UofS residence authority on the reservation of the hall, we couldn't book the Assiniboine or Walston hall (We have alumni from Assiniboine hall). Hence, we had no choice to book the room Souris Hall from UofS residence (Thanks goes to Nazia and Ruhul). But the problem remains. If we cross 60 persons (including all family members), then we have no choice to book other available facilities at the same date and time (which likely not possible due to the early closer), or we have to look for the noon at that day or move the day.
Anyway, we planned to move forward for our first potluck based on the Souris hall as a venue. Hence, most of the volunteers of the potluck organizing committee meet yesterday at 8.30pm to discuss the food menu. After reviewing a great variety of potential options, we all agreed to make the cooking simple and convenient for our members. Therefore, we came with the menu of Khichuri, Chicken curry, egg curry, dessert (Pawesh), salad, and soft drinks.
Now, we need an estimate on the persons who can attend our first DU alumni gathering. Therefore, please confirm by Monday morning if you are joining or not. Please comment below this post with your name (full name) and the number of persons from your family (indicate if you have a child less than 5 years old). Also, please invite and confirm if you know any friends from DU (either new in Saskatchewan or he/she not connected to this Facebook group) can join this exciting gathering.
On behalf of the DU alumni of SK focal points,
Shayeb Shahariar

09/29/2019

Some clicks from our first meeting of "Dhaka University Alumni of Saskatchewan (DUAS)" on 22nd September 2019.

09/29/2019

Dear Dhaka University Alumni of Saskatchewan,
As per our discussion in the first meeting, we wanted to meet with more alumni and further discussed with our mission, vision, goals, obligations, membership criteria, etc.; therefore, we agreed to arrange a potluck on 13th October (during the Thanksgiving long weekend). We already got the following volunteers to organize this potluck.
Ruhul Amin, Shayeb Shahriar, and Nurul Huda Palash will follow up Hall booking (depending on the number of persons and availability) either from UofS residence hall or a community Church
Tahmina Shaheen (will coordinate), and Mahbuba Ahsan Putul, Shahrima Tahsin (Cynthia), Apel Mahmood Rifat, Rasel Kabir will assist Food coordination and room decoration and others
Currently, we are assuming more than 80 participants (including family members) that required to book a community Church. Therefore, me, Palash vai and Gautam da working on it.
On behalf of DUAS focal points
Shayeb Shahariar

09/29/2019

Dear Dhaka University Alumni of Saskatchewan,
I am delighted to introduce this group “DU alumni of SK” under the page name “Dhaka University Alumni of Saskatchewan” to you as a networking platform for the DU alumni living in SK. After our first meeting in 22nd September organized in the Bowl (In front of the geology building), University of Saskatchewan. During our meeting, we decided to have a networking platform from our DU alumni living in SK, therefore, would like to create an email account and separate Facebook account for our platform. For this reason, I have created a google account named “Dhaka University Alumni of SK” and the email address is [email protected]. Also, I have tried to open a separate Facebook account which required a First and last name. After couple of tries I failed to be named it First name: Dhaka and Last name: University with some other similar titles, however, none worked. Later, we tried “Du Kriti Sontanera” as a name and Dhaka University’s birth date and created an account. I already sent friend requests to some of my fellow DU alumni, however, after couple of hours Facebook blocked the account due to suspicious activities (???) and asked for a phone and a photograph of the account holder. Even after providing my phone and photograph, the account is not unblocked by Facebook. Therefore, this left me no choice to continue the previous old page and group crated under my account. However, according to your last meeting, I assigned all the focal points as a moderator of this group. Please add or suggest your known DU alumni living in SK who are not in this group. In this way we will be able to better communicate with our alumni.
Regards,
Shayeb Shahariar

09/17/2019

Please share the message to your known friends who are from Dhaka University living in Saskatchewan. Apology for any unknown person beyond my friend circle in Facebook.
Shayeb Shahariar

09/17/2019

"শতবছরের গৌরব মাখা অযুত জীবন কাব্যের কবি
প্রাণের স্পন্দন হৃদয়ের বন্ধন কোটি প্রেরণার ছবি।
সারা বিশ্বের বুকে সগৌরবে মাথা উঁচু করে রয়
কালের স্বাক্ষী চির ভাস্মর ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়।" (Collected)

আসুন মিলি প্রাণের টানে - জীবন মিলাক ছন্দে গানে

সাস্কাচুয়ানে বসবাসরত ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রাক্তন সকল শিক্ষাত্রী সকল ভাই ও বোনেরা শুভেচ্ছা জানবেন। ঢাকা শহরের প্রাণকেন্দ্রে অবস্থিত প্রাচ্যের অক্সফোর্ড খ্যাত ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশের সবচেয়ে পুরোনো বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়। ১৯২১ সালের ১ জুলাই ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের যাত্রা শুরু হয়েছিল আলোকিত ভবিষ্যৎ নির্মাণে অবিরাম আলো বিলিয়ে আসার নিমিত্তে। এ বিদ্যাপীঠ আজ বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষাঙ্গনে এক মহীরুহ। ঐতিহ্যবাহী এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের শিক্ষাত্রী হতে পেরে আমরা যেমন গর্বিত তেমনি যেকোনো মূল্যে, পৃথিবীর যেকোনো প্রান্তে থেকেও আমরা আমাদের এই প্রানপ্রিয় বিদ্যাপীঠের ঐতিহ্যকে ধরে রাখতে চাই। সাস্কাচুয়ানে বসবাসরত ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সকল প্রাক্তন শিক্ষাত্রীদের নিয়ে আমরা গঠন করতে চাই ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় এলামনাই অফ সাস্কাচুয়ান। এই উপলক্ষে আমরা কয়েকজন আগামী ২২শে সেপ্টেম্বর, রবিবার বিকেল চারটায় ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ সাস্কাচুয়ানের জিওলোজি বিভাগের টিম হরটন এ এক আলোচনা সভার আয়োজন করেছি ।

উক্ত আলোচনা অনুষ্ঠানে আপনাদের স্বতঃস্ফূর্ত উপস্থিতি কামনা করছি।
আলোচনা অনুষ্ঠানে অংশগ্রহণের জন্যে নিম্নোক্ত ব্যাক্তিদেরসাথে যোগাযোগ করার জন্যে অনুরোধ করছি।"

Shayeb Shahariar, Cell # 306 850 4470
Zakir Sarkar, Cell # 306 230 7243
Debashish Bhowmik Gautam, Cell # 306 850 1887
Mostafa Mohiuddin, Cell # 639 471 3036

Address:
Geology Bldg, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2

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