Fazle Bary Malik, emeritus professor of Physics at Southern Illinois University, USA, and one of the best known physicists of Bangladeshi origin, passed away at Istanbul Airport on July 5. He was on his way back to USA after a three-week visit to Bangladesh.
He played an important role in the Liberation War by mobilising support in the US Senate and House of Representatives.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held today after Zohr prayers at a mosque on road no-7 in the capital's Dhanmondi.