A three-day festival was underway on Friday to celebrate 175 years of the port city's renowned Chittagong Collegiate School.
Festival committee convenor Amir Humayun Mahmud Chowdhury told the celebrations began around 3pm with a rally of the present and former students of the school.
"But the school's former student Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will officially inaugurate the programme on Saturday morning," he said.
At least 2,500 former students have already registered to join the festival, he added.
Shahjalal University of Engineering and Technology (SUST) professor and famous novelist Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, former state ministrer Iqbal Mahmud, politicians Mosharraf Hossain, Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, M Morshed Khan and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury are likely to attend the programme, among the former students.
After the rally, 12 present students would be awarded with a scholarship.
The school is scheduled to hold a reception to honour Yunus Saturday morning. The day's later programmes include sharing the memories by the former students and a cultural prohgramme.
The festival will end with a series of programmes that include blood donation camp, discussion and reminiscence in the morning and cultural event Sunday afternoon.
Chittagong Collegiate School, established as Chittagong Government School in 1836, is one of the oldest schools in the country. The school was the first English medium high school in Chittagong.
Famous personalities like poet Nabinchandra Sen, scientist Abdullah Al Moti Sarfuddin, Kolkata City Corporation mayor Deshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta were the school's students.
Celebrated novelist Humayun Ahmed, scientist Jamal Nazrul Islam, former Bangla Academy director general Mustafa Nurul Islam, actors Ataur Rahman and Abul Hayat also went to this school.
Festival committee convenor Amir Humayun Mahmud Chowdhury told the celebrations began around 3pm with a rally of the present and former students of the school.
"But the school's former student Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will officially inaugurate the programme on Saturday morning," he said.
At least 2,500 former students have already registered to join the festival, he added.
Shahjalal University of Engineering and Technology (SUST) professor and famous novelist Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, former state ministrer Iqbal Mahmud, politicians Mosharraf Hossain, Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, M Morshed Khan and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury are likely to attend the programme, among the former students.
After the rally, 12 present students would be awarded with a scholarship.
The school is scheduled to hold a reception to honour Yunus Saturday morning. The day's later programmes include sharing the memories by the former students and a cultural prohgramme.
The festival will end with a series of programmes that include blood donation camp, discussion and reminiscence in the morning and cultural event Sunday afternoon.
Chittagong Collegiate School, established as Chittagong Government School in 1836, is one of the oldest schools in the country. The school was the first English medium high school in Chittagong.
Famous personalities like poet Nabinchandra Sen, scientist Abdullah Al Moti Sarfuddin, Kolkata City Corporation mayor Deshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta were the school's students.
Celebrated novelist Humayun Ahmed, scientist Jamal Nazrul Islam, former Bangla Academy director general Mustafa Nurul Islam, actors Ataur Rahman and Abul Hayat also went to this school.
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