BUET VC Khaleda Ekram passes away
UNB
Professor Dr Khaleda Ekram, the first female Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), died at a hospital in Bangkok early yesterday, reports UNB. She was 66.
Former dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning and head of the Department of Architecture, Khaleda Ekram breathed her last at
Bangkok General Hospital around 2:05am after fighting for her life for the last 10 days, said her protocol officer Rezaul Karim.
He said the Buet VC, who had been suffering from non-Hodgkins Lymphoma a kind of cancer, was flown to Bangkok from Dhaka in the early hours of May 14. She had been on life support from May 17 as her condition seriously deteriorated.
BUET Public Relations officer Shah Alam said Khaleda Ekrams family members and the Buet authorities will decide when her mortal remains will be brought back home from Bangkok.
He also the Buet authorities suspended all academic activities yesterday following the VCs demise.
Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their deep shocks at the death of Khaleda Ekram.
The Prime Minister said the nation has lost an eminent educationist at her death.
In separate condolence messages, the President and Prime Minister prayed for the eternal peace of her departed soul and conveyed their sympathies to the bereaved family members.
