State Minister for ICT Division Junaid Ahmed Palak, MP( 2nd from left), Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahgman, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University ( 1st from left) and Munir Hassan, President, Wikimedia Bangladesh ( 2nd from right) along with high officials at the 10th Founding Anniversary of “ Bangla Wikipedia “ held at Daffodil International University.
10th Founding Anniversary of ‘Bangla Wikipedia’ observed today on May 30, 2015 at Daffodil International University through daylong gala events. ‘Wikimedia Bangladesh’ a local organization of “Wikimedia Foundation” that conducts the Wikipedia activities in Bangladesh organized one decade celebration program in association with Daffodil International University at DIU Auditorium.
State Minister for ICT Division Junaid Ahmed Palak, MP, inaugurated the program as the chief guest. Prof. Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University was present as the special guest. Munir Hassan, President, Wikimedia Bangladesh presided over the program. The program was moderated by Nurunnabi Chowdhury Hasib, Director, Wikimedia Bangladesh.
Addressing as the chief guest State Minister for ICT Division Junaid Ahmed Palak said, Our youths are our proud and our youths are not behind in respects of merit and wisdom, rather they needs a platform to explore their dreams and Bangla Wikipedia is such a platform to explore their hidden treasures to enrich the repertory of knowledge and wisdom of Bangla Wikipedia. Modern technology has enhanced the repertory of knowledge and wisdom within our reach, he added. He also said, Bangla is the language of the 8th largest community of the world, so its has no opportunity to be leg behind. Appreciating the expertise and talents of our youths, Minister said, adding 7 lac words in Google Translator, the youths of the country has created a record in the world. We don’t have any record of failure- We won the language movement in 1952 and in Liberation war in 1971, simultaneously we hope that we must win to implement the vision 2021 of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, He added.
He expressed his best support to more accelerate the activities of Bangla Wikipedia through joint campaign program of WikiMedia Bangladesh and ICT Division in 118 universities of the country and in 64 districts.
Day long program included seminar and workshops for volunteers and contributors on enriching data, article editing and posting pictures in the Wikipedia. Ali Haider Khan Tonmoy, Treasurer, Nahid Sultan, Director and member of Wikimedia Bangladesh- Shabab Mustafa, Nasir Khan Saikat, Tanveer Morshed conducted the programs. The volunteers of Bangla Wikipedia of Kolkata, India participated in the program. Best picture winner and best Wikipedians were awarded in the in the program. Country’s renowned writer Anisul Haque distributed prizes among the winners at the closing and award distributing ceremony. Prof. Dr. S. M. Mahbub Ul Haque Majumder, Dean, Faculty of Science and IT and Munir Hassan, president, Wikimedia Bangladesh were also present at the closing ceremony.
Earlier, to mark the 10th Founding Anniversary of Bangla Wikipedia special “Wikipedia Editor’s Gathering” was held in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barishal, Sylhet and Rangpur where different techniques to add data in Bangla Wikipedia were trained and discussed.
