Summit Group joins Spelling Bee

Thu May 28, 2015 12:00 AM
Last update on: Wed Jun 24, 2015 01:30 PM

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Thu May 28, 2015 12:00 AM Last update on: Wed Jun 24, 2015 01:30 PM

Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group of Companies, centre left, and Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, centre right, in a cheerful mood after signing an agreement in Summit Centre of the capital on Tuesday, allowing Summit Group to be a co-organiser of Spelling Bee this year. They are flanked to the right by Jafer Ummeed Khan, managing director of Summit Oil and Shipping Company Ltd; and Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Wadud, managing director of Summit Power Ltd; and to the left by Md Latif Khan, vice chairman of Summit Power Ltd; and Russel T Ahmed, founder and CEO of Champs21.com. Behind them are other high officials of both the organisations. Photo: Star

Summit Group of Companies has joined The Daily Star and Champs21.com to organise Spelling Bee this year.

An agreement was signed in this regard in a ceremony at Summit Centre in the capital on Tuesday.

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Last year, nearly 300,000 students of class VI to X from across the country participated in the spelling contest.

At the ceremony, Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group of Companies, said they are happy to be a part of Spelling Bee.

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, said the quality of spellers in the country is quite high and that he hopes that the competition this year reaches new heights.

Russell T Ahmed, CEO of Champs21.com, also spoke.

The online round of the fourth season of Spelling Bee is set to start in the first week of June.

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