Mohammad Abdur Rashid (academic)

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Mohammad Abdur Rashid is a Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor of the Islamic Arabic University. [1] [2] He is a member of the Sharia advisory board of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Rashid is a professor of the Department of Islamic studies at the University of Dhaka. [3]

Early life

Rashid did his bachelor's degree and masters in Islamic Studies at the University of Dhaka in 1988 and 1989 respectively. [4] He completed his PhD at the University of Dhaka in 2002. [4]

Career

Rashid joined Abudharr Ghifari College as a lecturer on 6 November 1995. [4] He joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer on 1 October 1997. He was promoted to assistant professor on 7 November 2000. [4] He was promoted to associate professor on 21 May 2003. [4]

Rashid was promoted to professor on 5 September 2006. [4]

From 18 February 2014 to 17 February 2017, Rashid was the head of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Dhaka. [4] He was a member of the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board. [4] On 31 December 2019, he was appointed the chairman of the Governing Committee of Nilkhet High School. [4] He is a member of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of the United Commercial Bank PLC. [5]

Rashid was appointed to the Sharia advisory board of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. [6] On 1 June 2020, Rashid was appointed provost of Kabi Jashim Uddin Hall of the University of Dhaka. [4] In April 2023, he was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Islamic Arabic University. [7] He replaced Mohammad Ahsan Ullah, whose term was investigated by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission over irregularities in recruitment. [8] In July, he was appointed director of Dr. Serajul Haque Centre for Islamic Research. [4] In November 2023, he was re-elected president of the Department of Islamic Studies Alumni Association. [9]

On 24 January 2024, Rashid was appointed convenor of a committee to investigate a story about a transgender woman in a high school textbook of the national curriculum. [10] [11]

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  2. ↑ "IAU discusses role of Arabic language". New Age. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  3. ↑ ইসলামি আরবি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নতুন ভিসি ঢাবি অধ্যাপক আব্দুর রশীদ. thedailycampus.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rashid Dhaka University Profile". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Professor Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rashid - United Commercial Bank (UCB)". Professor Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rashid - United Commercial Bank (UCB). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ↑ "BSEC forms shariah advisory council". The Daily Star. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Prof Abdur Rashid joins Islamic Arabic University as VC". New Age. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  8. ↑ Farhan, Abdul Kabir (31 December 2023). "Hiring anomalies: Islamic Arabic Uni delaying action". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  9. ↑ "Prof Abdur Rashid re-elected as president of DU's Islamic Studies Alumni Association". The Business Standard. 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  10. ↑ "Education ministry forms high-level expert committee to review Sharifa's story". Dhaka Tribune . 24 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "'Sharifa's Tale': Probe body to review content of textbook". The Daily Star. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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