Dr. Q. M. Mahtab Uz Zaman, Associate Professor and Khondoker Hasibul Kabir, lecturer, along with Nafisur Rahman and Tanmoy Chakrabarty, students of the Department of Architecture received a certificate and crest for the National Architectural Design Competition for Visitor's Center at Lawachara National Park on August 09, 2006 at National Museum. Alhajj Jafrul Islam Chowdhury, Hon'ble State Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mr, Gene George, Charge d' Affairs of the Govt. of the United States of America and Mission Director, USAID, Md. Osman Gani, Chief Conservator of Forests, Forest Department distributed awards among the winners. Earlier the Competition was called by 'Nishorgo'- Bangladesh's Protected Forest Area Management Program in association with the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) to stimulate the most creative ideas for a design of a visitor centre, in Lawachara National Park in Srimongal. Out of 32 innovative entries, they received honorary mention.