Dr Shahnewaz Alam Khan, Country Director of Concern Worldwide in Sierra Leone, was killed in a car accident in Freetown in Sierra Leone on Wednesday evening.
Shahnewaz joined Concern Worldwide in Bangladesh in 1998 as the head of health and nutrition programme. He was appointed Country Director of the NGO in Sierra Leone one year ago.
His body will arrive in Bangladesh soon, said a release.
Meanwhile, Concern Worldwide Bangladesh Country Director Kieron Crawley has expressed his deep shock at the death of Shahnewaz.