Islamic University Vice Chancellor’s personal secretary has been relieved from his post amid uproar over leak of several audio clips of conversations purportedly between the VC and a job seeker. HM Ali Hasan, acting registrar of IU, said VC’s personal secretary Ayub Ali has been relieved. “Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sheikh Abdus Salam called me on Wednesday night but I cannot go to his residence due to illness. Now I have prepared letter in this regard in the morning,” he said. Also read; VC’s leaked audio clips: IU postpones two recruitment boards However, the VC did not clear the reason behind it, he said. Earlier, on February 19, the authorities of Islamic University postponed the recruitment process of its three departments following the leak of some audio clips. A total of five audio clips, three between Oliur, a jobseeker at the Mass Communication and Journalism Department and the VC and two others with an official of a ministry went viral on Facebook. In the audio clips, the VC purportedly asked Oliur to collect two other candidates to fulfill the requirement for the department’s recruitment board.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed shock and sorrow at the death of her former adviser, former vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and valiant freedom fighter Prof Dr Alauddin Ahmed. In a condolence message, she said people of the country will remember his contribution in education and politics with gratitude. Read more: PM shocked at death of journalist Toab Khan She prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.  

Prof Md Nurul Alam, pro-vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, has been appointed its VC, an education ministry notice said on Sunday. The notification has been signed by Deputy Secretary of the ministry Md Masum Ahmed. According to the notification, President Md Abdul Hamid, also the Chancellor of the university, made the appointment as per the Jahangirnagar University Act. Also read:Prof. Samad appointed as DU Pro-VC for 2nd time The president can cancel the appointment at any time, said the notification Nurul Alam is also professor of the Department of Physics of the university. Earlier on March 1, he was appointed as the VC on an interim basis for the administrative needs of the University, in addition to his responsibilities as Pro-VC. The current VC Prof Dr Farzana Islam’s tenure expired on March 2.

Dhaka University arranged the traditionally significant 'Probhat Feri' (Morning Procession) rally maintaining the safety protocols considering the covid situation. It started under the leadership of Akhtaruzzaman early in the  morning at 6 o'clock in front of his residence. The procession went to Azimpur cemetery via Nilkhet. The DU Vice-Chancellor laid floral wreaths on the graves of Shafiur Rahman, Abul Barkat and Abdul Jabbar. After that, prayers were offered for all laid to rest in the graveyard. After the munajat, they went to the central Shaheed Minar through Azimpur intersection, Palashi turn and Between the road of Salimullah Muslim Hall and Jagannath Hall. READ: Corrupted VCs should be punished: DU VC Around 8:30 in the morning, tributes were paid at the Shaheed Minar under the leadership of the DU Vice-Chancellor. Dhaka University Teachers 'Association, Dhaka University Officers' Association and fourth class employees of Dhaka University participated in the procession. It was attended by the President of the DU Teachers Association, Professor. Md. Rahmat Ullah, General Secretary Prof. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, University Registrar Prabir Kumar Sarkar and leaders and members of their respective organizations. Latter, different organisations staged rally toward central Shahid Minar to pay homage to the language martyrs.

The Board of Trustees of the Asian University for Women (AUW) has appointed Dr. Rubana Huq as the new Vice Chancellor of the University.  Dr. Huq who earned wide prominence as the first female president of the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), is a published poet who earned her PhD in Literature from India’s Jadavpur University.  Dr. Huq has been a trustee of AUW and, was more recently, elected as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, AUW said on Tuesday. She was instrumental in launching AUW’s Pathways for Promise program that enables exceptionally talented workers from Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) factories to enroll at AUW.  She was named as one of BBC’s top 100 women in the world in 2013 and again in 2014.  Dr. Huq is currently also a Visiting Fellow at the Stern School of Business at New York University and the Asia Center at Harvard University. In announcing Dr. Huq’s appointment, Education Minister and Chair of the AUW Board of Trustees Dr Dipu Moni said in Rubana Huq, the trustees found an exemplary leader and administrator to lead AUW to its next stage of development.  "She will bring the high intellectual qualities that make AUW a special place but also the fine managerial and financial acumen that AUW needs in constructing its new campus in Chittagong and stabilizing its finances to make the institution sustainable over the long run," Dipu Moni said. While accepting the appointment, the incoming Vice Chancellor Rubana Huq said AUW has always been a symbol of creativity and ingenuity to her. "The institution’s unassailable commitment to both scholarship and education, the caliber of the faculty, and the spirit of the students from all over Asia make AUW unique." READ: BGMEA election: Panel with Rubana Huq submits nominations She also said, "With the talent and the values we have, backed by the vision of the Founder, Kamal Ahmad and the guidance of the Chair, Dr. Dipu Moni and other trustees, I am convinced that we will emerge as a symbol of ultimate meritocracy with the aspiration to be better every day. ” Dr. Huq succeeds noted political scientist Professor Nirmala Rao who retired from AUW after serving as AUW’s Vice Chancellor for five years. In acknowledgment of Professor Rao’s service to AUW, Minister Dipu Moni said that “AUW was fortunate to have the benefit of Professor Rao’s leadership in directing the University for five years.  Professor Rao brought to AUW her wide global experience in higher education to help shape AUW as a regional center of excellence.  We owe a huge debt to Professor Rao for her contributions to AUW.” Dr. Huq will be supported on the academic programs by two deans:  Dr. Beena Khurana, a cognitive psychologist with a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley who had previously been on the faculty of Cornell and Sussex Universities as well as at California Polytechnic where she directed the MBA Program and Dr. David Taylor, a historian of South Asia who served as Pro Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as Vice Provost and Interim Provost of the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.