Dhaka, March 19 -- A total of 40 under-graduate meritorious students of Dhaka University (DU) received the Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship of Japan on Monday.

The scholarship was given to the students of different academic years at a programme at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university.

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal distributed scholarship among the students as the chief guest.

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) of DU Prof Dr Sitesh Chandra Bachar presided over the function while Minister of the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh Mr Machida Tatsuya and Country General Manager of the Sumitomo Corporation M Shinichi Nagata addressed it as special guests.

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