ABA Siraj Ud Dowlah, an agriculturist and philanthropist, passed away on Sunday at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka. He was 83, said a press release.

He was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Durgapur in Parashuram area of Feni.

He left behind his wife, two sons and a daughter to mourn his death.

Former president of Gulshan Club, Siraj was the managing director of Cairn Energy of Bangladesh. He was the founder of Char Gram Samabaya Samity of Feni.

His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Azad Mosque in Gulshan yesterday and the second one at Al Magferat Mosque, Uttara Sector-3 in Dhaka.