USA's University to help Bangladesh to tackle arsenic problems
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Ohio State University (OSU) of USA will assist Bangladesh to address the arsenic challenges, reports UNB.
The university also proposed to arrange workshops on climate change issue in Bangladesh shortly, said a message received here from Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Friday.
Ohio State University President G Gordon Gee stated this while talking with President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday morning.
It was also proposed to increase exchange of scholars, faculty members between OSU and the universities in Bangladesh and also to offer scholarships to Bangladeshi students.
They also proposed to develop third party funding for implementing those projects.
Ohio State University, founded in 1870, is currently the largest university in the United States with an enrollment of about 54,000 students.
President Iajuddin Ahmed thanked G Gordon Gee and his colleagues for their support and initiatives to strengthen the academic cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States.
The meeting was attended by Military Secretary to the President M Aminul Islam, Director General of SSF Sheikh M Monirul Islam, Secretary to the President M Sirajul Islam and Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States of America M Humayun Kabir.
Iajuddin also made a keynote speech on educational system in Bangladesh at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Centre.
Earlier, Mayor of Wooster City Judi Mitten presented the "Key to the City" to the President over a lunch. Among the guests State Representative Jim Carmichael and President of the Soil Science Society of America Rattan Lal were present during the lunch.
The university also proposed to arrange workshops on climate change issue in Bangladesh shortly, said a message received here from Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Friday.
Ohio State University President G Gordon Gee stated this while talking with President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday morning.
It was also proposed to increase exchange of scholars, faculty members between OSU and the universities in Bangladesh and also to offer scholarships to Bangladeshi students.
They also proposed to develop third party funding for implementing those projects.
Ohio State University, founded in 1870, is currently the largest university in the United States with an enrollment of about 54,000 students.
President Iajuddin Ahmed thanked G Gordon Gee and his colleagues for their support and initiatives to strengthen the academic cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States.
The meeting was attended by Military Secretary to the President M Aminul Islam, Director General of SSF Sheikh M Monirul Islam, Secretary to the President M Sirajul Islam and Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States of America M Humayun Kabir.
Iajuddin also made a keynote speech on educational system in Bangladesh at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Centre.
Earlier, Mayor of Wooster City Judi Mitten presented the "Key to the City" to the President over a lunch. Among the guests State Representative Jim Carmichael and President of the Soil Science Society of America Rattan Lal were present during the lunch.