Prof Rafiqul Islam made Bangla Academy President
PBC News: Swadhinata Padak and Ekushey Padak winner eminent educationist professor Rafiqul Islam has been appointed as the president of Bangla Academy.
The Public Administration Ministry on Tuesday issued a gazette in this regard.
The gazette said, Prof Rafiqul Islam has been appointed according to the article 6 (1) of Bangla Academy Act 2013 for a three-year term .
The appointment will be effective from the date of his joining, it added.
On April 14, Bangla Academy President Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan died of Covid-19 infection.
