Sylhet Medical University will be renamed 'Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Medical University'.
The proposal to change the name of the newly established Sylhet Medical University has been approved recently.
Based on the application on November 28, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust approved it on Thursday, according to a statement.
On September 16, Habibur Rahman Habib, MP for Sylhet-3 constituency, made a proposal to change the name of the medical university to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib in the parliament.
On October 25, SMU Vice-Chancellor Morshed Ahmed Chowdhury also placed a proposal to rename the university in its third syndicate meeting and the syndicate members of the medical university gave their consent to the proposal.
SMU VC Morshed Ahmed Chowdhury thanked the trust's president Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving this approval.