Today (May 9) is the 11th death anniversary of Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent scientist and the husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He passed away on this day of 2009, at the Square Hospital in the city after a prolonged battle with multiple illnesses.
The scientist was born on February 16, 1942 in a respectable Muslim family at Laldighi Fatehpur village in Pirganj upazila of Rajshahi.
Dr Wazed was an internationally renowned nuclear scientist and a former chief of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. He authored a number of texts in physics and some political history books.
He was laid to rest with full state honour at their family graveyard in his paternal village.
Due to the present situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak, different organisations have postponed observance of the day through daylong programmes.
