Eminent climate expert Prof Saleemul Huq passes away

City Desk :
Professor Saleemul Huq, eminent climate change expert and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), passed away in Dhaka on Saturday night.

He was 71.
He died due to a massive cardiac arrest around 10pm at his Gulshan residence, according to family sources.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held after Asr prayers at the Gulshan Society Mosque.

Apart from being a director of ICCCAD, he was a professor at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

In a Facebook post, ICCCAD wrote: “A visionary leader who was not only the torch bearer for Bangladesh’s fight against Climate Change but for the entire global community, his unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.”