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Dr Mosharraf’s birthday today

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 01 October 2015

Today (Thursday) is the 70th birthday of detained BNP Standing Committee member and former health minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. He was born on October 1, 1946 in a renowned Muslims family in Goyeshpur village under Daudkandi Upazila in Comilla.
The former minister has completed his Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) from Daudkandi High School in 1962 and Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C) from Govt. Chittagong College in 1964.
He completed MSC degree in Geology from Dhaka University in 1968. Dr Mosharraf joined the Dhaka University as a lecturer in 1969 and in the same year he went to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher study by obtaining a ‘Colombo Plan Scholarship’.
He obtained his MSC degree from Imperial College in 1970 and DIC diploma in 1973 and PhD degree under London University in 1974. After returning the country Dr Mosharraf joined the Department of Geology as Assistant Professor and elevated to Professor in 1987. He became the chairman of the department from 1987 to 1990.