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2 NSU students devise Bangla calculator
First Bangla-English duel mode calculator, invented by two young minds of North South University (NSU), is going to hit the market after Eid-ul-Azha. Gazi Nayeem and Sayeed Islam, the students of Computer Science and Engineering at the NSU, invented the calculator under the guidelines of senior lecturer Khandaker Sajedul Hassan. State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology Yafesh Osman clicked open the newly-invented calculator at an inauguration ceremony at the Jatiya Press Club on November 20. The calculator features both Bangla and English languages, which is expected to make computing easier for the people of Bangladesh. The present and future generations would have to be computer literate to build a knowledge-based society, the minister said at the inauguration ceremony. He appreciated the invention and said the government would provide all out supports for such ventures. Science education and computer literacy are essential for national advancement, he added. A portion of the money to be earned by selling the calculator will be spent for welfare of the freedom fighters, the organisers announced at the function. The ceremony was also addressed by NSU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqui and Dhaka University Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Harun-or-Rashid as special guests.
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