Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) held a seminar on Wednesday to raise awareness among young people about empathy, tolerance and responsible behaviour amid concerns that rapid technological change and social media are contributing to intolerance and social polarisation.
The seminar, titled “Empathy, Tolerance and Social Cohesion: Building a Better Society”, was organised by the Department of Sociology under BUP’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at the Shadhinata Auditorium from 9:45am to 12:45pm, the university said in a press release.
The event focused on the changing attitudes and values of Bangladesh’s younger generation as technological advances and the growing influence of social media create new opportunities while raising concerns about intolerance and polarisation.
Organisers said the seminar aimed to promote empathy, tolerance and responsible behaviour among young people to help preserve social harmony in Bangladesh.
BUP Vice-Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam delivered the keynote address.
Samia Huq, dean of the School of General Education and professor of anthropology at BRAC University, and Shammi Akter, lecturer in the Department of Sociology at BUP, spoke as panellists.
Senior BUP officials, faculty members, students and invited guests also attended the seminar.
