Dhaka University to hold special convocation on Bangabandhu
Hasina will be the commencement speaker
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Dhaka University will hold a special convocation for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to honour the Father of the Nation with a posthumous Doctor of Laws degree on October 26.
It has invited Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the commencement speaker, Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Muhammad Samad said on Saturday.
Bangabandhu’s younger daughter Sheikh Rehana would receive the degree on his behalf, reports bdnews24.com.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin, the university's chancellor, will preside over the ceremony.
In 2019, the proposal on conferring a posthumous PhD degree on Bangabandhu was placed in a meeting of the national committees on celebrations of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.
Prof Samad later proposed to hold a special convocation during the Mujib year celebration meeting at Dhaka University. The proposal was unanimously approved by the university in January 2020.