Law Conference begins at DU
A two-day long 1st Senior Advocate Ozair Farooq Memorial Law Conference on “Law, Justice and Society” has begun on September 16, 2018 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain inaugurated the conference as chief guest. The Faculty of Law of DU has organized this event.
Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman presided over the inaugural function while Attorney General Advocate Mahbubey Alam and President of Supreme Court Bar Association Advocate Zainul Abedin addressed it as special guests. Former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ekramul Haque and Barrister Mohammad Imtiaz Farooq also addressed the function. Dean of the Faculty of Law Prof. Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah delivered welcome speech. Acting Chairman of the Department of Law Prof. Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam gave vote of thanks.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain recalled the outstanding contribution of late Advocate Ozair Farooq to promote legal profession in Bangladesh. He thanked the organizers for arranging this conference and hoped that the conference would create a common platform for young law academicians to develop legal research.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman hoped that the conference would enhance cooperation and interaction among the academicians, law practitioners and legal researchers.
It may be mentioned that late Ozair Farooq was a Senior Advocate of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was born in 1947 and died in 2007. Academicians, researchers and human rights activists from different universities and organizations are participating in the conference.
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(Md. Rafiqul Islam)
Deputy Director
Public Relations Office
University of Dhaka
A two-day long 1st Senior Advocate Ozair Farooq Memorial Law Conference on “Law, Justice and Society” has begun on September 16, 2018 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman presided over the function while Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain inaugurated the conference as chief guest. The Faculty of Law of DU has organized this event.