The Chittagong University has conferred D Lit degree on former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee through a special convocation ceremony.
The university authority honoured Pranab with the degree on Tuesday at the ceremony at university campus.
CU Vice Chancellor Prof Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, Pro-VC Prof Shirin Akhtar, acting registrar Prof Dr Kamrul Huda, among others, attended the convocation.
Earlier, former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee reached Chittagong on Tuesday morning.
The Chittagong divisional commissioner, the police commissioner and the deputy commissioner received him at the airport.
Meanwhile, Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) will honour Pranab with 'city key' at a function on Tuesday evening. CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin will hand over the key to Pranab.
Pranab, who served as the 13th president of India and now enjoying his retired life by reading books and writing his diary, will meet President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday evening.
UNB says, the former Indian President will leave for New Delhi by a Jet Airways flight on Thursday.