In a condolence message on Tuesday, Vice-Chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir prayed for the salvation of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Khaleda Ekram departed soul and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

Khaleda Ekram, the first female vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, died in a Bangkok hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Khaleda Ekram professor of the Architecture Department was suffering from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a kind of cancer.

She was made BUET vice-chancellor on Sept 11, 2014.