Muhammad Morsalin Akash, a student of the Department of English of Daffodil International University (DIU)receiving Award from Mr. mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star. 

Muhammad Morsalin Akash, a student of the Department of English of Daffodil International University (DIU), has been awarded by The Daily Star as the winner of Newspaper Reading Competition. He has been awarded by Mr. Mahfuz Anam, the Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star, on 05 March 2018 in the Daily Star Center. Professor AMM Hamidur Rahman, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Mr. Md. Rakibul Hasan Khan, Head of the Department of English, and Mr. Md. Nuruzzaman Moral, Convener of the Newspaper Reading Project were also present in the occasion.
This event was organized by The Daily Star to award the winners of Newspaper Reading Competition of different universities. Like Morsalin Akash of DIU, four other awardees were from University of Asia Pacific, Green University of Bangladesh, State University of Bangladesh and University of Development Alternative. Heads / representative teachers from all these universities were present in the occasion, who expressed their views and experiences of newspaper reading project at their respective universities. Md. Rakibul Hasan Khan, Head of the Department of English of DIU, stressed on the importance of reading newspaper in his speech. He also shared his experience of running this project at DIU. Mr. Mahfuz Anam delivered a very insightful and inspirational speech on the importance of reading newspaper, especially in a globalized world. The event came to an end with light refreshment