DIU VC Dr. KM Mohsin passes away
Zafor Ahmed Shimul, DIU Correspondent || risingbd.com
Dhaka International University (DIU) Vice-Chancellor and Professor of History department Dr. KM Mohsin, 84, has passed away.
He breathed his last at the Uttara Crescent Hospital in the capital on February 22 (Monday) around 8am. DIU Additional Registrar Shah-Alam Chowdhury confirmed the news.
It is learned that he has been on life support for a long time. He left behind two sons and daughters and numerous admirers and well-wishers.
Prof. Dr. KM Mohsin was also the President of Bangladesh Academy of History.
He was born on 27 May 1936 in Rajbari. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1959 and took a post-graduate degree the following year. In 1966, he did his PhD from London.
He has seven books and 35 research articles.
KM Mohsin’s Namaz-e-Janaza will be held at Jami Mosque at sector-6 of Uttara in the capital this afternoon. He will be buried in Shaheed Buddhijibi Graveyard at Mirpur.
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