KU observes ‘Katka Tragedy Day’ today

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KHULNA, March 13, 2020 (BSS) – Students, teachers and employees of Khulna
University (KU) today observed “Katka Tragedy Day”, a mourning day of KU
history, with due respect and solemnity.

On March 13 in 2004, nine students of Architecture Discipline of Khulna
University and two students of the same discipline of Bangladesh University
of Engineering and Technology (BUET) drowned in the Bay of Bengal near Katka
in the Sundarbans while taking bath there during their picnic time.

Marking the day, the KU authorities chalked out daylong programmes on the
campus. The programmes began with a mourning procession wearing black badges.
Led by KU Vice-Chancellor (VC) professor Dr Md Fayequzzaman, the procession
started from Hadi premises and ended at Katka monument where floral wreaths
were placed.

KU teachers association, different dormitories and disciplines also placed
wreaths at the monument. Earlier, they observed one-minute silence in memory
of the deceased students.

In this regards, a doa mahfil was held at the KU mosque after the Jummah
prayers, food was distributed among the orphans, a condolence meeting with
lighting candles was also held at the academic building and a documentary
will be screened in the evening.

Deans, Head of different disciplines, teachers, students, employees, among
others, attended the programme.