Renowned researcher and a retired Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dhaka University Haseena Khan has been selected as the first woman UGC Professor by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, said a press release.

Haseena Khan has been chosen as the UGC professor for the next two years at a meeting of the UGC Professor Selection Committee chaired by UGC Chairman Prof Kazi Shahidullah on Wednesday.