Zakat-based scholarship for students

Centre for Zakat Management (CZM) launched its Zakat-based scholarship programme for meritorious undergraduate students titled 'Genius' yesterday.
Sixty-one students were selected form Dhaka University (DU), Dhaka Medical College (DMC), Suhrawardy Medical College, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and Jagannath University (JNU) for the scholarship.
Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, former adviser to a caretaker government, launched it and distributed scholarship money among the selected students at a city hotel.
CZM Chairman and Rahimafrooz Group Director Niaz Rahim presided over the function.