Live Correspondent: Dr Soumitra Sekhar Dey, Professor of Department of Bangla of Dhaka University, has been made new vice-chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU), for the next four years.

A gazette notification, signed by Md Mahmudul Alam, deputy secretary of the ministry of education, issued in this regard on Wednesday.

Earlier, Dr AHM Mostafizur Rahman, Professor of Sociology, Rajshahi University, served as the Vice Chancellor of the university from November 14, 2017 to November 13, 2021.