DHAKA, Jan 15, 2024 (BSS) - Newly appointed Education Minister Mohibul Hassan 
Chowdhoury today suggested enhancing capacity of the newly established 
universities by emphasizing constructing infrastructures, introducing 
laboratory facilities and appointing skilled manpower.

He gave the suggestion when a five-member delegation of University Grants 
Commission (UGC) led by its chairman Professor Muhammad Alamgir paid a 
courtesy call on the new minister at his Secretariat office here.

UGC members Professor Md Sajjad Hossain, Professor Bishwajit Chanda and 
Professor Hasina Khan, its secretary Dr Ferdous Jaman were in the delegation.

Mohibul Hassan suggested setting up new departments on the basis of the 
demand of time and reality.

He urged the UGC to take up effective measures for ensuring quality education 
and research in the country.