BRAC University organized a Human Chain and Rally on August 1, 2016 between 11 am to 12 noon to protest and enhance public awareness against recent terrorist attacks in the country, as per the direction from the University Grants Commission.
The students, faculty and staff members of BRAC University participated in the program. They stood in front of BRAC University on both sides of the road displaying banners with the slogan - ‘Strength and unity will stop terrorism’. After the human chain, a rally took place.
The Honorable Vice Chancellor, BRAC University, Professor Syed Saad Andaleeb, Ph.D in his short speech thanked everyone who attended the program and said that the terrorist attack in Gulshan and in Kishoreganj was unexpected, sudden and a new experience for the country. Bangladesh is a peaceful, tolerant and democratic country and we have to prevent any attempt of terrorism through individual, institutional and social efforts, he added. Students, teachers, management and trusty board at BRAC University will make a collective effort to address this issue.