Do more applied research
Prime minister urges scientists
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for taking massive programmes to make progress in science and technology in the country.
“We need to take programmes so that we can use the latest technology for development in agriculture, industry, health, education, employment and in economic development,” she said.
She called upon the researchers, teachers, scientists and students to pay attention in conducting applied researches apart from the basic ones.
Sheikh Hasina was addressing the inaugural function of a three-day international workshop titled "Nanotechnology and its Prospects in Bangladesh" at a hotel in the capital.
The University of Dhaka (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) jointly organised the workshop in collaboration with the ISESCO, COMSATS and COMSTECH.
Industries Minister Dilip Barua spoke on the occasion as special guest. Buet Vice Chancellor Dr SM Nazrul Islam, and deputy director general of ISESCO Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, among others, also addressed the function. DU VC Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique gave the welcome address.
Sheikh Hasina said the government will provide support for the development of infrastructure and other facilities and make international collaboration for academic and research activities in this new and emerging area of science and technology.
She expressed her government's support for setting up a national centre of nanotechnology on public-private-partnership (PPP) basis hoping that this will be a 'Centre of Excellence' in nanotechnology.
Local industries will be the direct beneficiaries and a public private partnership may be worked out for infrastructure, equipment, and other modalities, the prime minister added.
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