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DHAKA: Professor Nim Chandra Bhowmik, one of the presidents of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, a former University of Dhaka teacher and a freedom fighter, has died at the age of 77.
He passed away at around 12:30am on Sunday at the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Dhaka, according to a statement from the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
His body will be kept at the Shri Shri Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka from 11am to 1pm on Sunday, where people from different walks of life will pay their respects.
His body will then be taken to his ancestral home in Mirzanagar, Gopalpur Union, Begumganj upazila of Noakhali. He will be accorded a state honour as a freedom fighter before his funeral rites.
Professor Nim Chandra Bhowmik served as a teacher at the University of Dhaka and was involved in the establishment of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
According to Manindra Kumar Nath, acting general secretary of the Unity Council, Professor Bhowmik is survived by two daughters. His wife, Monika Bhowmik, passed away earlier.
