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BANGLADESH, March 1, 2002: United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Mary Ann Peters presented a check from the US government amounting to $10,800 US to Dr Faisul Islam Farouqui, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University and Dr Sayefuddin Chowdhury, Director, Varendra Museum at the US Embassy yesterday, says a US Embassy press release. The money, from the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, will be used to improve the lighting and display of precious and historic materials housed in the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi. For more than 70 years, the Varendra Museum has been a vital resource for scholars and researchers intent on study of the arts, culture and history of Bengal. The museum houses the richest and largest collection of Buddhist and Hindu stone sculptures in this country. It is also a repository of priceless manuscripts, books and periodicals. The museum houses an outstanding collection of Bangla document and rare Bengali, Arabic and Sanskrit manuscripts as well as other rare document in Persian and Sanskrit.

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