Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah is the former

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of the

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Career

Kalimullah served as a professor of the Department of Public Administration of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the

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. Kalimullah as chairman of National Election Observation Council was set to observe the 2006 election where he raised questions about the voter list. Kalimullah is the chairperson of Jatiya Nirbachon Parjabekkhon Parishad also known as JANIPOP, an election monitoring group. On 1 June 2017, Kalimullah was appointed Vice Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur. His term as vice-chancellor was controversial and teachers at the university had campaigned for his removal. He was allegedly absent from campus 478 days out of 631 days. Kalimullah was awarded the rank of major by Bangladesh National Cadet Corps. He is a former editor of The Asian Age. Bangladesh Nationalist Party opposed his appointment as observer for the 2018 general election as they alleged he had links to a particular party and pointed out his uncle,

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, was a minister of the Awami League government. Kalimullah generated some controversy after taking an online class at 3:20 am. On 13 March 2021, a group of teachers at the university published a 790-page report on corruptions by Kalimullah at a press conference. The University Grants Commission in an investigation found irregularities against Kalimullah and called for action against him. He had challenged the probe in court unsuccessfully. In March 2021, the local unit of Bangabandhu Parishad declared him unwanted on the university campus. On 9 June 2021, Kalimullah was replaced by Md. Hasibur Rashid as Vice Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur at the end of his four-year term. On 1 June 2022, Kalimullah was sued by an Awami League leader in Comilla under the

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for comments he made on a YouTube channel on corruption.

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