The founding chairman of the university's Criminology Department passes away in hospital care after suffering a heart attack
The EEE department teacher will serve as the VC for the next four years, the Education Ministry’s Joint Secretary Laila Arjumand Banu told bdnews24.com on Wednesday night.
Saiful Islam told bdnews24.com: “I haven’t received the circular yet. I will join immediately if I get it on Thursday.”
Islam is replacing Khaleda Ekram, the first female VC of the country’s top engineering university, who died on May 24 in a hospital in Bangkok.