Desk Report:
Rajshahi University, 10 October 2025: In a press release, Vice-Chancellor Professor Saleh Hasan Naqib, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Mohammad Main Uddin and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Mohd. Farid Uddin Khan expressed deep grief over the passing away of Professor Shiv Shankar Roy, Head of the Marketing Department of Rajshahi University (RU). They respectfully remembered the contribution of Professor Shiv Shankar Roy to education and research at RU and expressed their condolences to the bereaved family of the deceased.
Professor Shiv Shankar Roy was born in Sujanagar Upazila of Pabna district. He joined the Marketing Department as a lecturer in 1997 and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2015.
Professor Shiv Shankar Roy was seriously injured in a road accident near the Ansar Camp in Nohata while going to Mohanpur on a motorcycle at around 5:30 this morning. The doctor declared him dead when he was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. At 2:45 pm, Professor Shiv Shankar’s body was brought in front of Rabindra Bhaban. The Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellors, teachers and students of the Marketing Department and other departments paid their respects there.
His last rites will be performed at Panchabat Shashan at 4:30 pm today, according to family sources.
It is worth noting that Professor Md. Asaduzzaman of the Philosophy Department is undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with serious injuries in the same accident. The Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellors went to the hospital to see Professor Md. Asaduzzaman who is undergoing treatment and inquired about his treatment. They wished him a speedy recovery.
Professor Md. Akhtar Hossain Majumder
Administrator, Public Relations Department.