Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG () is a

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physician and

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Early life and family

Khatun was born into a

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political family in

Sylhet Sylhet (; ) is a Metropolis, metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as o ...

. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, a lawyer by profession, was one of the founders of the Sylhet branch of the

All-India Muslim League The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim L ...

and took part in the

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. Her mother,

Syeda Shahar Banu Syeda Shahar Banu (; 1914–1983) was a leader of the Bengali language movement and pioneer of the women's rights movement in Sylhet. She also played an important role in the lead-up to the 1947 Sylhet referendum and the establishment of Sylhet ...

, was one of the leading women of the

Bengali language movement The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...

. She has thirteen siblings including AM Abdul Muhith, a former

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of Bangladesh, and

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, the country's incumbent

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Career

Khatun is a gynecologist. She has served IPGMR, currently

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as a professor and head of department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also serves at Green Life Hospital as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician. She was inducted as a

by the

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in 2011. She also taught at the

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References

National Professors of Bangladesh Living people Bangladeshi gynecologists Year of birth missing (living people) People from Sylhet {{Bangladesh-bio-stub