It is with deep sadness that we let you know that the first female Mathematician and Academician Professor Rowshan Ara Rashid, mother of Mr Anir Choudhury, founder member and Governing Body member of D.Net is no longer with us (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon). She passed away in the morning on July 30, 2010 at the Square Hospital. She was suffering from bronchitis.
She spent most of the time of her life for achieving knowledge and in teaching. She started her professional life as Lecturer at Eden Collage in 1967 after completing her education in 1966. Then she successfully fulfilled her duty as Vice Principal, Responsible Principal and Principal in this college. She retired in 2002 from her loyal duty. Her body had laid to rest at Mirpur Intellectuals Graveyard after Asar prayer at 30th July.
May her soul rest in eternal peace, and may the healing effect of time help her family bear this misfortune with the grace that she always embodied.
Gunijan, an initiative of D.Net, has received special mention award of World Summit Award (WSA) 2009. 34 leading e-content experts from all countries met for the WSA 2009 grand Jury in New Delhi, India to consider 545 finalists of 157 countries around the world. Grand Jury has decided that Gunijan is the best e-content in our world region and that is to be given a special mention of WSA. The official announcement and showcase of the Winners’ will take place in Monterrey, Mexico from September 02 to 05 with the WSA Gala as the highlight of the four-day celebrations. This year the Winners’ event will beheld on generous invitation of the Government of Mexico, hosted by Indigo Brainmedia and in cooperation with the UN GAID Global Forum.
The World Summit Award is the global initiative to select and promote the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications. WSA was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) as a contribution of the Austrian Government to the global effort to bridge the digital divide and close the contentgap. WSA activities include national contests and selections of best practice, a global contest held every 2 years and content-focused national and international conferences with exhibitions — the WSA Road Show.
