Former DU VC Arefin Siddique no more
He died around 10:45pm on 13 March while undergoing treatment Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute
Former vice-chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique has passed away.
He breathed his last at 10:45 pm while undergoing treatment at the Neurosurgery Department of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute in the capital's Shahbag, UNB reported quoting Arefin Siddique's brother Saifullah Siddique.
The former DU VC was put on life support on 6 March after collapsing suddenly at the Dhaka Club and sustaining a head injury.
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Professor Siddique's namaz-e-janaza will be held at Shahi Eidgah, next to Abahani Field on Sat Masjid Road, Dhanmondi after Jummah prayers on Friday (14 March).
Before janaza, his body will be kept at his Dhanmondi residence.
He will be laid to rest beside his parents' grave at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital.
Arefin Siddique served as the 27th vice-chancellor of the Dhaka University from 2009 to 2017.
On 15 July 2020, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). He was also the president of the Board of Trustees of Bangladesh National Museum.
He joined the University of Dhaka in 1980 and his teaching career spans about four decades.
Arefin Siddique served as a visiting fellow at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, USA. The King of Spain awarded him the Order of Civil Merit for his extraordinary contribution to the expansion of education, women's empowerment, and poverty reduction.
He was the longest-serving vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka to date.
