A group of undergraduate students from biotechnology programme of the MNS Department of BRAC University visited Bangladesh National Herbarium (BNH), located at Zoo Road, Mirpur, Dhaka on 28 July, 2016, with two of the faculty members of the MNS Department, Ms. Jebunnesa Chowdhury and Ms. Romana Siddique.
At BNH, the students were first briefed about the history of the herbarium, its administration, activities carried out by BNH together with its vision and mission. All this was conducted in the Herbarium Auditorium by the scientists of BNH. Then the students visited herbarium laboratory, where preservation activities, scientific research, classification and proper storage of plant species in herbarium paper is done. They also visited the herbarium library which is rich with publications about the flora of Bangladesh. The students came back enriched with the knowledge about the role of the National Herbarium in our country.