Obituary

Dr Ali Asgar; a physician, a Liberation War organiser and a language movement veteran; died from old-age complications at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday. He was 87.

He left behind his son Ali Ahsan Babu, acting director of marketing and sales of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, and daughter Dr Humaira.

He was buried in Banani graveyard after his namaz-e-janaza at Baitul Mukarram mosque yesterday.