Prof Perween new TIB chair

Prof Dr Perween Hasan, vice chancellor of Central Women's University, has been elected chairperson of the trustee board of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

She was elected during the 103rd meeting of the board at TIB office in the capital's Dhanmondi yesterday, according to a press release.

She will succeed Advocate Sultana Kamal and will take charge tomorrow.

Besides, former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumdar has been elected the new secretary general while Prof Tasneem Siddiqui and Advocate Sushmita Chakma have been elected new members of the board.

Prof Perween, also a noted educationist, is a former teacher of Islamic History and Culture Department of Dhaka University. She obtained her PhD in Islamic architecture from Harvard University of the United States.