Sufia Ahmed

Sufia Ahmed (née Ibrahim; 20 November 1932 – 9 April 2020)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi academic.

She was one of the female forerunners to break section 144 and deny the curfew in DU Campus on February 21, 1952.

[3] Ahmed joined as a faculty member at the Department of Islamic History and Culture of the University of Dhaka in 1961.

[3] She was a visiting professor of Bosphorus University in Istanbul and Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[3] Ahmed served as a member of board of the directors of Bangladesh Bank.