AK Chowdhury FCA, a freedom fighter and adviser to the interim Mujibnagar government during 1971, breathed his last at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday, aged 78.

He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death.

AK Chowdhury was also founder council member and past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.

He will be buried at his village home in Gutuma of Feni, says a press release.

He served as co-founder and founder vice president of Chittagong Stock Exchange in 1995-2000, and ex-officio member of Securities and Exchange Commission advisory board in 2000 and one of honorary members of NBR advisory committee in Chittagong during 1973-97.

He was a Rotarian, permanent member of Chittagong Club, life member of Diabetic Association (Feni and Chittagong), Kidney Foundation, Cancer Foundation and Bangladesh National Society for the Blind (BNSB) of Chittagong.