Kazi Shahidullah

Kazi Shahidullah was a Bangladeshi academic and chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission from 2019 to 2024.

Career

Shahidullah served as the vice-chancellor of the National University of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He taught history at the University of Dhaka.
In the aftermath of 2024 Non-cooperation movement in Bangladesh, Shahidullah resigned as chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission on 11 August 2024, citing illness. He had been receiving treatments in Australia since August 2023.

Personal life and death

Shahidullah died from cancer in Canberra on 19 March 2025, at the age of 72.
Kazi Zafarullah was one of Shahidullah's brothers.