Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Chevron Bangladesh has awarded scholarships to some 823 students from 24 educational institutions near its Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar natural gas fields in Sylhet region.

The scholarships were distributed among the students through a function at the premises of its Bibiyana Gas Plant which was attended, among others, by US Ambassador in Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller, Chevron Bangladesh President Neil Menzies, Corporate Affairs director Ismail Chowdhury, and Bibiyana Gas Plant Superintendent Ashiq Rahman.

Chevron said that of those who received stipends for this year, 64 are females while 20 scholarships went to students who received excellent grades in the recently published results of the Secondary School C...