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 Uttara 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 at the death of TH Khan.
In separate condolence messages, they prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and conveyed their sympathy to the bereaved family members.