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Issue 03│November 2018
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Greetings and Welcome!
The Journey we started in 1990 has been continuing with lot of maturity, growth, experience, dedication and success throughout its chronology. There are so many success stories that the Daffodil Family have achieved over the time. This newsletter is our mouthpiece. Through this platform, we have attempted to gather a glimpse of success that the Daffodil Family has achieved during the last couple of months.
We are grateful to our well-wishers and stakeholders who are always with us in our journey. We believe this work will be able to reflect a reader’s mind on Daffodil Family. Please visit http://daffodil.family/ for more information.
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Daffodil International University in QS Asia University Rankings-2019
Daffodil International University (DIU) has achieved prestigious position in QS Asia University Rankings-2019, released on 24 October, 2018. In terms of Academic reputation criterion of the ranking, DIU as the youngest university (established in 2002) has been ranked 6th amongst all the universities of Bangladesh. DIU’s position is Just after 2 public (University of Dhaka and BUET) and 3 other Private universities. This is not only a great achievement for Daffodil International University but also for the country as well.
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Daffodil Captain Cup Golf Tournament Season 2 held
The three-day Daffodil Captain Cup Golf Tournament held from October 17 to 19, 2018 at Kurmitola Golf Club. Lieutenant General Md. Shafiqur Rahman, Chief of General Staff, Bangladesh Army formally inaugurated and closed the event as the Chief Guest. The event started with the tee-off session By Honorable Chairman of Daffodil Family DrMdSabur Khan. In different categories a total 500+ Golfer both Male and Female took part in the tournament. The event ended up with a grand prize giving ceremony and cultural show by DIU Cultural Club where top Army Officials and spouses took part and graced the occasions.
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Quiz, Extempore Speech and Spelling Competition
Annual Quiz, Extempore Speech and Spelling competition for the students held in Daffodil International School- English Version on 25th October 2018. Mr. Md. Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Office of Daffodil Family was the Chief Guest where MrsShahana Khan, Founder Principal of DIU was the Special Guest in this competition of intellectuals. Dr. Md. MahmudulHasan, Principal, DIU delivered a motivational speech and inaugurated the program. Winners received crests and certificates from the CEO and Principal. It was a competition of tension, excitement & joy that created huge craze among the students.
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Fresher’s Reception program held at DIC
Fresher’s Reception program of class XI students (session: 2018-19) of Daffodil International College was held. Prof. Dr. M. Harun-ur-Rashid, College inspector of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, was present as the Chief Guest of the program. After the formal session a cultural program was held where DIC students performed.
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DPL Completes Football Tournament
Daffodil International Academy (DIA) Sports Club had organized The Daffodil Premier League (DPL) on 07 October, 2018. The exciting game of DPL football was held at the Lalmatia D- Block Playground.Amongst the DIA students, there were a total of 08 teams who played several matches; of which 2 teams(Friends Football Team vs FnF United) had reached the final and FnF United Team won the match.The Executive Director of Daffodil International Academy (DIA), Mr. Mohammad Nuruzzaman had handed over the trophies, crests, medallions to the Champions and the Runner-up teams at the Award-Giving-Ceremony held on 09 October, 2018. The DIA’s Deputy Academic Directors, Mr. Sarwar Hossain Mollah was also present at the occasion along with DIA’s Management, Faculty and Alumni, who celebrated their moment as they came.
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participation in Education
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Outstanding result achieved by the students of THM
Daffodil Institute of Information Technology (DIIT) celebrated outstanding results of the first batch students of the department of Tourism and Hospitality Management under National University Examinations. DIIT students have achieved the position from the 1st to 10th among all over Bangladesh. This outstanding result of students is the culmination of the positive and conscientious way of their studies and the guidance and mentorship by DIIT. The institution wishes them the best in future that they will tackle their next steps in the same landmark in Tourism and Hospitality sectors in Bangladesh and abroad.
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Round Table Discussion on Effective Traffic Management
The traffic of Dhaka City is one of the biggest challenges which hinders the economic growth of the country. To address the problem Daffodil International University (DIU) has come up with innovative solutions to tackle key challenges of traffic system of the country. DIU was organized a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on “Effective Traffic Management in Bangladesh: A Catalyst for Inclusive Growth of the Country” on 21 October, 2018 (Sunday) where Mr. ObaidulQuader MP, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was present at the program as the Chief Guest, Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, presented the Keynote Paper. Also created a online based Traffic Forum http://traffic.daffodil.family/index.php to discuss traffic issues.
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Orientation Program of Fresher’s at DTI Held
“Orientation Program-2018” for the students of Daffodil Technical Institute (DTI) was held where Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Honorable Chairman, Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) was present as the Chief Guest. Mr. Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer, Daffodil Family was present as the Special Guest. More than 350 students have joined at the program and received admission kits
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ToT on Competency Based Training (CBT) held at DPI
To ensure competency among the students as per the industry requirements and to apply effective, interactive teaching & learning techniques Bangladesh Skill Development Institute organized a day long TOT on Competency Based Training (CBT) for the faculty members of Daffodil Polytechnic Institute. The training session was taken by Mr. K M Hasan Ripon, Advisor at BSDI and Certified Master Trainer on CBTA (Australia & China) where teachers from different department took part. The training session will help the teachers to engage more on practical works which is really the demand of the time.
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participation in Education
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Ambulance Service is added at Cardio Care
Cardio Care Specialized & General hospital is sister concern of Daffodil Family its starts journey with a vision to be the premier provider of cardiac hospitality in Bangladesh by providing outstanding services and introducing new technological breakthroughs in this field. And this will all be possible because of the service orientation of the leading healthcare professionalsIn all the facilities recently a new Ambulance service are added to the Hospital facilities with highly advanced technology well decorate platoons and digital instrument.We are recently try to add online ambulance service for our all patient and daffodil family concerns if this service is on then the patient and all daffodil family concerns specially daffodil students can hire ambulance through apps and hotline as well .For now we are only serving our hospital patient and family concerns but our vision is to provide ambulance service to whole Bangladesh under the online ambulance service
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DIU holds orientation for Fresher’s of Fall-2018
The orientation program for the newly enrolled students of Fall Semester 2018 of Daffodil International University (DIU) was held on October 27, 2018 at permanent campus of DIU, Ashulia, Dhaka. Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Daffodil International University was present in the orientation program as the chief guest. Presided over by Professor Dr. Yousuf M. Islam, Vice Chancellor of DIU, the function was addressed by Professor Dr. S M MahbubUl Islam Majumdar, Pro Vice Chancellor, Mr. HamidulHaque Khan, Treasurer, Professor Dr. Engr. A K M FazlulHoque, Registrar, Mr. Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Group CEO of Daffodil Family, Mr. Md. BazlulKabir, Tax Commissioner, Dr. Masum Iqbal, Dean, Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship (FBE), Professor Dr. A. K. M. FazlulHaque, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering (FE), Professor Dr. Ahmad Ismail Mustafa, Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Science, Professor A. M.M. Hamidur Rahman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Social Science, Professor Dr. Mostafa Kamal, Dean, Permanent Campus, Professor Dr. GolamMaowla Choudhury, Controller of Examinations of the university. The orientation program was conducted by Mr. Syed Mizanur Rahman Rahman, Director, Students Affairs, DIU.
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Daffodil Business Incubator (DBI) Introduces Co-working platform
Daffodil Business Incubator (DBI) introduced the co-working platform for the startups With this initiative freelancer/ self-employed/ entrepreneurial folks will get scope to work with like-minded people, exchange ideas and advice, and perhaps even collaborate.
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Science Fair held at Daffodil International College Uttara Campus
Daffodil International School, Uttara hosted its 7th Annual Science Fair 2018 and My e-Kids Competition on a bright and sunny Tuesday, 16th October 2018. In continuation to its previous success, the students of KG to Grade – 9 took part in this year’s Fair as well. They examined in a wide variety of exciting experiments. Participants could switched their brains on and tried to beat the challenge.
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Skill Development Training for Mobile Game & Application by Ministry of ICT
TMinistry of ICT of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh has taken an initiative to provide free training to 16000 youths in order to enhance their expertise on mobile game and application development. The prime objective of this initiative is to enable Bangladesh to expand the local market & to enter into international market by creating well trained human resource based on modern technology. The duration of the course will be 50 days (200 hours)
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Makerspace to Implement Your Ideas!
Bangladesh Venture Capital Limited & Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship jointly introduced “Makerspace” for all entrepreneurial-minded students of Daffodil Family. With this initiative, students from inside and outside the Daffodil Family will be able to implement their ideas.
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National Girls Programming Contest 2018
Some selected students from both Daffodil International School (DIS) and Daffodil My e-Kids Dhanmondi branch participated and achieved remarkable positions in ‘3rd National Girls Programming Contest-2018’ held on 22 October 2018 at 71 Milonayoton, Daffodil Tower, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, organized by DIU in association with Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and IT and supported by Bangladesh Computer Council
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Action Aid-DISS Organized Psychographic Profile Making Session
Daffodil Institute of Social Sciences (DISS) organized a daylong session for the disadvantaged children in the title ’’Special Session to Make Psychographic Profile” at Daffodil International University. The session was conducted by Mr. Syed Mizanur Rahman Raju Head at GED Department where Dr. Md. Sabur Khan was present at the Chief Guest and Ms. JhenJecklin Costa, and Ms. EffatAraParvin were also present. Total 30 participants attended the session.
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