Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Dr Tofazzal Hossain (TH) Khan, a former director of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), passed away on Sunday. He was 88.

TH Khan breathed his last around 9:30am after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Uttra residence, his son and BNP national executive committee's training affairs secretary Prof Morshed Hasan told UNB.

He is survived by his wife, three sons and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Morshed Hasan, also a former teacher of Dhaka University, said his father was buried at a graveyard in Uttara's 12-no sector after Asar prayers following a namaz-e-janaza.

Meanwhile, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi expressed deep shock...