Dr Wazed Miah's 81st birth anniv today
February 16, 2023 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 15 (BSS): The 81st birth anniversary of nuclear scientist of international repute and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's husband late Dr M A Wazed Miah will be observed in a befitting manner in the district tomorrow.
On this day in 1942, the nuclear scientist, affectionately called as 'Sudha Miah', was born in a respectable Muslim family of Laldighee Fatehpur village in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur.
Dr Wazed died in Dhaka on May 9, 2009 at the age of 67 and was buried at their family graveyard in his native village Laldighee Fatehpur at Pirganj upazila.
The district and Pirganj upazila civil and police administrations, district and Pirganj upazila units of Awami League (AL), Dr Wazed Miah Foundation, family of Dr Wazed, Begum Rokeya University, Dr Wazed Smriti Sangshad (DWSS) and other organisations have chalked out programmes to celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr Wazed.