Dhaka, June 29 (UNB) – Newly appointed Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof Dr Kazi Shahidullah paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara, Gopalganj on Saturday.
The UGC chairman along with its five full-time members paid the homage by placing a wreath at his grave on the Bangabandhu Mausoleum premises, said a press release.
The UGC Members are Prof Dr Md Akhtar Hossain, Prof Dr M Shah Nowaz Ali, Prof Dr Dil Afroza Begum, Prof Dr Md Sazzad Hossain and Prof Dr Muhammed Alamgir.
After the placing the wreath, they joined a munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of the August 15, 1975 carnage.
Prof Dr Shahidullah joined the UGC as its 13th chairman on May 26 last.