President Abdul Hamid refused to attend the ceremony on January 1, and proffered the task of presiding to Nahid. But the president’s refusal to attend the convocation and instead issue Nahid has infuriated the students. A RU teacher took to Facebook to air his grievance: “Convocation without the chancellor is like Bharat ruling the kingdom with Rama’s sandals. The 2016 convocation also had Nahid scheduled instead of the president. Prof Mizanuddin and Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan were serving as the vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor respectively.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 01, 2018 09:45 UTC