DU to hold special convocation on Bangabandhu

News Desk :
Dhaka University will hold a special convocation for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to honour the Father of the Nation with a posthumous Doctor of Laws degree on Oct 26.

It has invited Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the commencement speaker, Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Muhammad Samad said on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com

Bangabandhu’s younger daughter Sheikh Rehana would receive the degree on his behalf.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin, the university’s chancellor, will preside over the ceremony.

In 2019, the proposal on conferring a posthumous PhD degree on Bangabandhu was placed in a meeting of the national committees on celebrations of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.

Prof Samad later proposed to hold a special convocation during the Mujib year celebration meeting at Dhaka University.

The proposal was unanimously approved by the university in January 2020.