[2] SBMC awards MBBS degree and offers professional training and medical research facility at its 1,000-bed hospital.

[3] It opened to students in 1968 and was soon renamed to its current title, bestowed in honor of former prime minister A. K. Fazlul Huq in 1977,[3] a resident of Barisal, was often called by the phrase "Sher-e-Bangla", which translates "The Tiger of Bengal".

Every year the students and different organizations of the SBMC arrange different cultural and religious programs.

For celebration and arrangement of the Saraswati puja, the Hindu students of the institution form a governing body titled 'Puja Udjapon Porishod' under the supervision of the teachers and senior students of the previous committee.

The students of the SBMC perform at that program, as well as famous singers, bands are invited to cheer the spectators.