The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Election to the deans of four faculties of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University (BSMMU) was held yesterday.

The four faculties are Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Surgery, Faculty of Basic Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry.

Prof KMHS Sirajul Huq in the Faculty of Medicine, Prof Dr Mohammad Saiful Islam in the Faculty of Surgery, Prof M Iqbal Arsalan in the Faculty of Basic Medicine, and Prof Matiur Rahman Molla in the Faculty of Dentistry were elected receiving highest number of votes in the election.

Nine teachers of the university contested in the dean election. A total of 347, out of 372 teachers of the university cast their ballots in the election. Casting of ballots continued up to 2:00pm starting from 9:00am. The election was held in a spontaneous and peaceful atmosphere.

BSMMU Registrar Muhammad Abdul Gafur conducted the election as the election commissioner, while Inspector of Colleges and Postgraduate Institutes of the university Akram Hossain was presiding officer.

It may be mentioned that BSMMU has set an example by using transparent ballot boxes in the dean election for the first time in Bangladesh.