Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Jahangirnagar University Journalists' Association (JUJA) has appointed Professor Md Shafiqul Islam of the Department of Physics as its new adviser for a one-year term.

The association made the decision at an emergency executive committee meeting on November 13, following the completion of the one-year term of outgoing adviser Professor Dr Saleh Ahmed Khan.

Professor Shafiqul has been serving as a professor in the Department of Physics at Jahangirnagar University since March 22, 2016. He previously served as an associate professor and assistant professor in the same department.

He currently serves as the university's acting transport officer and provost of Nawab Salimullah Hall.

His research interests include photonic...