died at the Apollo Hospital (now Evercare Hospital Dhaka) in the capital on Friday, 20 December 2019. He was undergoing treatment for a malignant brain tumor. At the time of his death, he was 83 years old. He is survived by a wife, a daughter, a son and three grandchildren. References 1936 births 2019 deaths Bangladeshi emigrants to England Bangladeshi social workers Olof Palme Prize laureates Alumni of the University of Glasgow Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Ashoka Bangladesh Fellows Bangladeshi knights Bengali knights Dhaka College alumni Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom People from Baniachong Upazila 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis Agriculture and food award winners