Dr. Sean Riley, President, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada accompanied by Ms. Mary Coyle, Vice President & Director, COADY International Institute visited BU and had a meeting with Professor J R Choudhury, VC, BU on April 15, 2003. The possibility of collaboration between the two universities came up during the meeting. Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Treasurer, BU, Professor Abdur Rab, Chairperson, Department of Management & Business, BU, Dr. Golam Samdani Fakir, Director, Training Division, BRAC & Member Academic Council, BU and Mr. Mahfuzul Bari Choudhury, Training Division, BRAC were also present during the meeting.