Eminent nuclear scientist Shamsher Ali passes away

Eminent nuclear physicist, educationist and Prof Emeritus Dr Mohammad Shamsher Ali passed away early Sunday at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 87.  

Shamsher Ali breathed his last at about 3:30AM, his son Jehan Ali confirmed. 

The namaz-e-janaza for Dr Shamsher Ali will be held after the Zuhr prayers at Baitul Aman Mosque at Dhanmondi and, later, he will be laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard, Jehan added.

He was born on November 21, 1937, in Bheramara, Kushtia. He completed his SSC from Jashore Zilla School in 1954 and ISC  from Rajshahi College in 1956. He joined the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka the same year where he earned his Honours degree with distinction in 1959 and his MSc in 1960.

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