Islamic University, Dec 2 (UNB) - Professor M Shahidul Islam Noori, former chairman of Dawah and Islamic Studies department of Islamic University in Kushtia, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday.
Shahidul Islam was 65. He breathed his last at Islamic Bank Central Hospital around 6:00 am.
He had been suffering from brain cancer for a long time. He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives.
IU Vice-Chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari expressed deep shock at the death and conveyed deep sympathies to the bereaved family.
He was buried at his family graveyard in Thakurgaon district at night.