City Desk :
Today (Saturday) is the 71st birthday of BNP Standing Committee member and former health minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. He was born on October 1, 1946 in a renowned Muslims family in Goyeshpur village under Daudkandi upazila in Comilla, says a press release.
The former minister has completed his Matriculation from Daudkandi High School in 1962 and ISC from Govt. Chittagong College in 1964. He completed MSC degree in Geology from Dhaka University in 1968. Dr Mosharraf joined the Dhaka University as a lecturer in 1969 and in the same year he went to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher study by obtaining a ‘Colombo Plan Scholarship’.
He obtained his MSC degree from Imperial College in 1970 and DIC diploma in 1973 and PhD degree under London University in 1974. After returning the country Dr Mosharraf joined the Department of Geology as Assistant Professor and elevated to Professor in 1987. He became the chairman of the department from 1987 to 1990.
Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf was elected as the Asstt. Secretary of the Salimullah Muslim Hall in 1964-65 and Vice President of the Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall in 1967-68 respectively. Dr Mosharraf has played a significant role during the War of Liberation in 1971 by organising expatriates Bangladeshis and played a bold role as a convenor of Chhatra Sangram Parishad in London.
Today (Saturday) is the 71st birthday of BNP Standing Committee member and former health minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. He was born on October 1, 1946 in a renowned Muslims family in Goyeshpur village under Daudkandi upazila in Comilla, says a press release.
The former minister has completed his Matriculation from Daudkandi High School in 1962 and ISC from Govt. Chittagong College in 1964. He completed MSC degree in Geology from Dhaka University in 1968. Dr Mosharraf joined the Dhaka University as a lecturer in 1969 and in the same year he went to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher study by obtaining a ‘Colombo Plan Scholarship’.
He obtained his MSC degree from Imperial College in 1970 and DIC diploma in 1973 and PhD degree under London University in 1974. After returning the country Dr Mosharraf joined the Department of Geology as Assistant Professor and elevated to Professor in 1987. He became the chairman of the department from 1987 to 1990.
Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf was elected as the Asstt. Secretary of the Salimullah Muslim Hall in 1964-65 and Vice President of the Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall in 1967-68 respectively. Dr Mosharraf has played a significant role during the War of Liberation in 1971 by organising expatriates Bangladeshis and played a bold role as a convenor of Chhatra Sangram Parishad in London.
