The closing ceremony of a three-day long ‘National Research 
Workshop’ and ‘BUP National Research Project Contest 3.0, 2024’ organized by 
BUP (Bangladesh University of Professionals) Research Society was held on 12 
May 2024. The programme was arranged under the supervision of Department of 
English, BUP, with a view to enhancing students' research skills for creating new 
knowledge and innovation. Noted that the programme was started 10 May 2024.
The three-day long workshops focused on research process, research methods, 
techniques and tools, writing a research article, and research publication. The 
keynote speakers for the sessions were Dr. Shamsul Hoque, Professor, Department 
of English, Daffodil International University; Dr. Md. Abdus Sobhan Talukder, 
Associate Professor, Department of Bangla, University of Dhaka, and Dr. Mariam 
Begum, Professor, IER, University of Dhaka. 
This year, BUP Research Society (BUPRS) received 88 research papers and 
contestants from 31 universities of Bangladesh to compete in the National Research 
Project Contest 3.0. Participants demonstrated their innovative ideas in variousfields 
including Media Censorship, Propaganda, and Ethics; Resilient Disaster 
Management and Climate Change Adoption; Digital Marketing, and Law, Social 
Justice, and Human Rights. 
In the closing ceremony, Respected Vice Chancellor of BUP, Major General Md 
Mahbub-ul Alam, BSP, ndc, afwc, psc, MPhil, PhD was present as the chief guest 
and distributed prizes among the winners. Among others, high officials, participants, 
and all students and faculty members of English Department of BUP were also
present.
In the 3rd National Research Project Contest 2024, the research team of the 
Department of International Relations, BUP emerged as the champion. The research 
teams from the University of Dhaka (DU) and Bangladesh University of Business 
and Technology (BUBT) stood as the 1
st runner-up jointly, and Rajshahi University 
of Engineering & Technology (RUET) became the 2nd runner-up team.