Former secretary Dr. Saadat Hossain passes away

Former Cabinet Secretary and Bangladesh Public Service Commission Chairman Saadat Husain has died.

He died around 10.30pm on Wednesday at United Hospital in the city.

He was 73.

He left behind wife, a son, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Saadat was suffering from kidney complications and bacterial meningitis, his son Shahzed Saadat said.

The former secretary was in charge of the Cabinet Division from 2002 to 2005. He headed the PSC from 2007 to 2011. He had also worked at the National Board of Revenue as its chairman.

Saadat studied economics at the Dhaka University. He also received his PhD from the Boston University.

He joined the civil service in 1970. Saadat wrote in his book “Muktijuddher Din-Dinanto” how he had worked for the wartime government in exile in India during the 1971 War of Independence from Pakistan.

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