26 May 2021 Dr Captain (retired) Syed Ahmed Mortada :Dr Akhteruddin Ahmed, the then Civil Surgeon of Sylhet established Sylhet Medical School, almost single handed, in 1948. He fulfilled the long felt need for a medical school in the then Sylhet district town surmounting many challenges and heavy odds.In 1962, Sylhet Medical College was upgraded to Sylhet Medical College and after the emergence of independent Bangladesh it was renamed Sylhet.