, March 7 -- A Mehendi Festival was organised for female students at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) under the slogan "Let the joy of Eid begin with the colours of mehendi."

The event was arranged by energetic female students from six residential halls of the university with the patronage of branch Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) convener Agriculturist Md Atikur Rahman.

The programme was held at the university helipad on Friday (Mar 6).

As a special attraction, an online competition was organised on social media where participants posted photos of their mehendi designs on Facebook using a hashtag. Winners were selected based on the number of likes, comments and shares on the posts.

Besides, a coupon-based lottery was arranged ...