Prof Nuri remembered at IU

A commemoration meeting was held at the Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday in memory of Professor Shahidul Islam Nuri, who died on December 2 last year.

IU Dawah and Islamic Studies department organised the event in the morning.

IU Treasurer Prof M Selim Toha addressed the programme as the chief guest while IUTA General Secretary Prof Alamgir Hossain Bhuiya, IUTA former general secretary Prof M Wali Ullah, Prof Muhammad Asan-Ullah, Prof Gola Maowla, Prof Abdul Kader were present as the special guests with the departmental Chairman Prof Shaheed Muhammad Rezwan in the chair.

"Shahidul Islam Nuri was a brilliant teacher of the department whose academic work carried the mark of propriety and intellectual honesty," the treasurer said, reports UNB.

Prof Kamruzzaman of Dawah and Islamic Studies department conducted the programme while around 200 students of the department took part.

Later, a dua mahfil was offered for the salvation of the departed soul of the teacher.