Nuclear physicist and former caretaker government adviser Dr Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, popularly known as CS Karim, died last night.
Dr Karim, 67, a former chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, died around 11:30pm at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital in Dhanmondi.
He was admitted to the hospital on Thursday night as he had been suffering from pneumonia. Last evening, he was given ventilator at the ICU of the hospital as his condition deteriorated, said Dr Nafis Ahmed Chowdhury, deputy director of the hospital.
He served as the agriculture and water resources adviser to the Fakhruddin-Moeen Uddin government during 2007-08.
Expert on nuclear energy, Dr Karim was an international nuclear inspector for the Vienna-based global watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency.