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Dhaka University suspends Benazir Ahmed’s ‘doctorate’ degree
The Dhaka University administration has suspended the doctorate degree of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed. The university administration said that the decision was taken against her after it was found that she had obtained a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree from the Faculty of Business Education of Dhaka University through irregularities despite not fulfilling the admission requirements. The university administration had formed a five-member fact-finding committee to conduct a higher-level investigation into Benazir Ahmed’s acquisition of a doctorate degree. The committee’s report was presented by the university’s Vice-Chancellor Niaz Ahmed Khan at a meeting of the Syndicate, the highest policy-making forum of Dhaka University, on July 20.
Dhaka University suspends Benazir Ahmed’s ‘doctorate’ degree
According to the fact-finding committee report, Benazir Ahmed’s admission form was filled in blue ink at document serial number 54; but the total marks were written in black ink in the box of her educational degree BA (Pass). The fact-finding committee stated in the investigation report that Benazir had given false information in the form to take unfair advantage.
The report further states that according to DBA rules, it is mandatory to have at least 50 percent marks in undergraduate and postgraduate educational qualifications; but since Benazir Ahmed did not meet that condition, she failed to meet the admission requirements.
The Dhaka University administration has suspended the doctorate degree of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed. The university administration said that the decision was taken against her after it was found that she had obtained a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree from the Faculty of Business Education of Dhaka University through irregularities despite not fulfilling the admission requirements. The university administration had formed a five-member fact-finding committee to conduct a higher-level investigation into Benazir Ahmed’s acquisition of a doctorate degree. The committee’s report was presented by the university’s Vice-Chancellor Niaz Ahmed Khan at a meeting of the Syndicate, the highest policy-making forum of Dhaka University, on July 20.
According to the fact-finding committee report, Benazir Ahmed’s admission form was filled in blue ink at document serial number 54; but the total marks were written in black ink in the box of her educational degree BA (Pass). The fact-finding committee stated in the investigation report that Benazir had given false information in the form to take unfair advantage.
The report further states that according to DBA rules, it is mandatory to have at least 50 percent marks in undergraduate and postgraduate educational qualifications; but since Benazir Ahmed did not meet that condition, she failed to meet the admission requirements.
