Former advisor to the caretaker government and renowned economist Akbar Ali Khan died on Thursday night. He was 78.
He was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital of Dhaka last night after he had fallen sick but the on-duty doctors there declared him dead.
One of his relatives, and the public relations office of the hospital confirmed the matter to Jago News.
Born in 1944 in Nabinagar of Brahmanbaria district, Akbar Ali Khan obtained honors and master's degree in History from Dhaka University and later, achieved master's degree and PhD in Economics from Queen’s University in Canada.
He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1967. A military court of the occupation forces then sentenced him to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment in absentia for actively working with the provisional government of Bangladesh during the Liberation War 1971.
Later, he served as finance secretary, cabinet secretary of the Bangladesh government, and alternative executive director of the World Bank. He also worked as a teacher at different universities.