Professor Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, Chairperson, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science of BU, has received an award from University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh, for his scientific research published in the Physical Review E (USA), 55 (5), 5894 (1997). An announcement to this effect was made on March 25, 2003. The title of the published paper is "Linear Modes in the Rotating Neutron Star Polar Cap Electron-positron Plasma" related to plasma astrophysics around pulsars- says a letter from UGC. Pulsars are the rotating neutron stars with super strong magnetic field. Jocellyn Bell and Antony Hewish in 1967 observed some repeated regular signals from space, which later on was confirmed as radiations coming from pulsars. Both the Scientists were awarded the Noble Prize for their discovery in 1969.