Prof Sharfuddin is new VC of BSMMU

The government has appointed Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed as vice-chancellor of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU. The Medical Education and Family Welfare Division announced the appointment in an order on Monday, reports bdnews24.com.

Prof Sharfuddin, the community ophthalmology department chairman, took the charge from Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Rafiqul Alam in a programmer at the lone medical university of the country. His predecessor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua had retired recently. The government also appointed Dr Borhan Uddin Hawlader as the acting director of Dhaka Dental College. The Health Services Division issued an order on the appointment of Dr Borhan, a professor at the college's prosthodontics department, on Sunday.