Dr Wazed's 81st birth anniversary Thursday

The 81st birth anniversary of nuclear scientist with international repute and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's husband Dr M A Wazed Miah will be celebrated on February 16 (Thursday) next.
On February 16, 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 breathed his last 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.