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First-ever women engineer conference held in country
DHAKA, June 24, 2020 (BSS) – Speakers at a virtual conference have said female engineers are making a significant contribution to different sectors of development in the country.
Like male counterparts, they (female engineers) are upholding their professionalism in various disciplines of engineers, they told the conference here.
For the first time in the country, the Engineers Foundation organized the women engineers conference-2020 on Tuesday.
The Institute of Engineers ,Bangladesh (IEEB) president Engr. Md.Abdus Sabur inaugurated the programme as the chief guest.
Chief Engineer of the Department of Education Engineering Engr. Bulbul Akhtar, Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at BUET Dr. Engr. RaushanMumtaz, Additional Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board Nira Majumder, LGED Project Director Engineer Salma Shahid and Director of RAJUK and IB Central Council Member Engr Tanjila Khanam, among others, spoke on the occasion.
The speakers said the present government has taken various initiatives for promoting women empowerment to build an economically advanced country.
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