The Daily Morning Voice Online Desk: Jahangirnagar University’s former vice-chancellor Professor Farzana Islam and Dhaka University’s Social Science Faculty’s acting dean Professor Sadeka Halim have been made Awami League advisory council members, The full-fledged committee of the ruling Awami League was announced following a meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Nomination Board held at Ganabhaban on Sunday (January 1) evening. It was told that Professor Sadeka Halim and Professor Farzana Islam were accommodated to the Awami League Advisory Council.

Sadeka Halim is a professor at Dhaka University and first acting dean of the Faculty of Social Science. Earlier, she worked as the chief information commissioner. Sadeka Halim’s father Fazlul Halim Chowdhury served as the Dhaka University vice-chancellor from 1976 to 1983. Sadeka Halim got first classes in both Honours and Master’s in Social Science from Dhaka University. She joined the Faculty of Social Science at Dhaka University as a lecturer in 1988. Then she did her second Master’s and PhD degrees from McGill University of Canada under Commonwealth scholarship. Sadeka Halim served as the Chief Information Commissioner from 2009 to 2014. Earlier, she was a Dhaka University senate member from 2004 to 2009. Farzana Islam served as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.