Dr CS Karim passes away

Dr Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, former adviser to a caretaker government and a nuclear scientist, passed away at the capital's Bangladesh Medical College Hospital last night, aged 67.

Dr Karim, also former chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, breathed his last around 10:40pm, said hospital sources.

He had been suffering from pneumonia for the last one week.

He was an adviser to the caretaker government, led by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed.