Zahin Ahmed, founder and executive director of Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) passed away at a Dhaka hospital yesterday.

He was suffering from kidney diseases and pneumonia, and was admitted to Bangladesh Specialized Hospital where he died, family sources said.

His namaz-e-janaza will be held after Zuhr prayers at the mosque in the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) in Sylhet today.

In 1979, he founded FIVDB, which is working for development of rural people in Sylhet.