SANGSAD BHABAN, Sylhet Medical University (Amendment)
Act, 2023 as the new name of the medical university will be Bangamata Sheikh
Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University, Sylhet as per the new act.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, on behalf of Health
and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, moved the bill which was
unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in
the chair.
In a statement containing the purpose and reasons of the bill, the state
minister said: “Sylhet Medical University was established in Sylhet Division
as per the ‘Sylhet Medical University Act, 2018’.”
Since there is no establishment or institution in Sylhet named after
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib, consort of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on behalf of the people of Sylhet, the
Member of Parliament for Sylhet-3 Constituency Habibur Rahman changed the
name of Sylhet Medical University to “Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
Medical University.”
He said, in the third syndicate meeting of Sylhet Medical University, a
decision was taken to change the name of Sylhet Medical University to
“Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University, Sylhet”.
According to the ‘Sylhet Medical University Act, 2018’, Sylhet Medical
University was established therefore the law of this university needs to be
amended in case of name change. Hence the ‘Sylhet Medical University
(Amendment) Act, 2023′ has been drafted.
He said, instead of the expression ‘Sylhet Medical University’ mentioned in
various sections of the ‘Sylhet Medical University Act, 2018’, instead of
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University, Sylhet’, instead of
the expression ‘Secretary’, ‘Member-Secretary’ or ‘Performing secretarial
duties ‘shall’, for the expression ‘Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-
Chancellor’, substitute ‘Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-
Chancellor’ respectively, in the proposed Act allowing for audit proceedings
to be carried out by the designated authority of the University Grants
Commission as well as the Auditor-General and the Comptroller.
The draft has been formulated.
Therefore, the bill entitled: ‘Sylhet Medical University (Amendment) Act,
2023′ has been introduced in the Parliament to amend the ‘Sylhet Medical
University Act, 2018′.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha