Ex-diplomat Shehabuddin passes away

Former diplomat KM Shehabuddin, who showed much courage to leave Pakistan's side during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old-age complications, reports BSS.

He passed away at United Hospital in the city on Wednesday afternoon. He left behind four daughters to mourn his death.

He authored a book - There and Back Again: A Diplomat's Tale. He was the Bangladesh ambassador to the US during President Bill Clinton's Dhaka visit in 2000.

Born at Chittagong's Cha-ndnaish on April 11, 1937, he joined Civil Service of Pakistan in 1966.

Shehabuddin was a member of the Awami League's Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs.