The government has appointed five academicians of the country as the national professor for next five years, a PID release said on Monday.
The president, Zillur Rahman, gave consent to these appointments under Bangladesh National Professor (appointment, conditions and facilities) Decisions Act 1981 and special consideration.
The appointed national professors are former Dhaka University political science department professor Sardar Fazlul Karim, history department professor AF Salahauddin Ahmed, sociology department professor Rangalal Sen, former Jahangirnagar University Bangla department professor Mustafa Nurul Islam and former Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University professor Shahla Khatun.
The newly appointed national professors will get their honorarium from the University Grants Commission.
They could undertake research on the subjects of their choice with any organisations, but that should be informed to the education ministry and the UGC.
Source : New Age
