Rafique Ullah Khan

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Rafique Ullah Khan is a Bangladeshi academic and the first vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University. [1] [2] He is a professor of Bangla at the University of Dhaka.

Career

In April 2013, Khan asked the government to release secular bloggers, who were involved with the organizing of Ganajagaran Mancha, detained by the state or else the protests would increase at the University of Dhaka. [3] They were detained following demands by Hifazat-e-Islam to arrest atheists criticizing Islam. [3]

Khan received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2017. [4] Khan is the convener of Bangladeshi chapter of the International Society of Bengal studies. [5] He is the director of Center for Climate Change Study & Resource Utilization- CCCSRU at the University of Dhaka. [6] He was convener of the Blue panel, the Awami League backed teachers panel, at the University of Dhaka. [7]

Khan was appointed vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University in July 2018 by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. [8] [9] The university was established on 27 January 2017 in Netrokona District by the passage of the Sheikh Hasina University Bill-2018 by the Parliament of Bangladesh. [10] Khan, professor of Bangla department of the University of Dhaka, was given charge to establish the university as its first vice-chancellor. [10] Even by September 2022, many of the facilities of the university was not built or were under construction. [11]

Golam Kabir replaced Khan as vice-chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University in 2022. [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ "Sheikh Hasina varsity VC welcomed in Netrakona". New Age. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "'Release bloggers within 24hrs'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন যারা". Samakal . 27 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Calcutta University to host 3rd International Bengal Studies Congress". Dhaka Tribune . 8 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Research Center :: University of Dhaka". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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  10. 1 2 "Sheikh Hasina University will be a 100% research-based university: Dr Rafique Ullah Khan". Kaler Kantho. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. 1 2 Chakraborty, Pallab (6 September 2022). "Students are there, not facilities". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Trustee board meeting of Sailojaranjan Cultural Center held | District". BSS. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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