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Dr Mohammad Rahmatullah passes away

Staff Correspondent
Dr Mohammad Rahmatullah, a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), passed away at United Hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 74.
Rahmatullah had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
The former director (transport and infrastructure development) at UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Rahmatullah retired in June 2000 after 22 years of service with the United Nations.
The internationally reputed transport specialist with over 45 years of experience in Bangladesh and abroad extensively worked
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on the Asian Highway, Trans Asian Railway and connectivity between Saarc countries to promote regional economic growth.
He also served as joint secretary (transport) of Bangladesh Planning Commission.
He started his career in 1962 as a lecturer in the civil engineering department of Buet. Later, he obtained his master's in civic design in 1966 and PhD in transportation planning in 1968 from the University of Liverpool, UK.
He was a founding faculty member of Urban and Regional Planning Department at the East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, which was later renamed Buet.
He also worked as the programme director of CPD from 2000 to 2005.
He authored two policy briefs in transport for politicians, one in 2001, and the other in 2003. He had also been pursuing the issue of regional cooperation in transport sector among Saarc and BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) countries till 2005.
During 2005-06, he authored the Saarc
Regional Multimodal Transport Study as its team leader and also contributed to the Strategic Transport Plan forgreater Dhaka.
In mid-2007, as a deputy team leader, he significantly contributed to the creation of the Road Master Plan for Bangladesh.
He also served as the adviser for the establishment of road fund under the communications ministry.
Rahmatullah made substantial contributions to preparing the Railway Master Plan and the Inland Water Transport Master Plan for Bangladesh, which are now in the process for the government approval.
Dr Rahmatullah was a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh; Bangladesh Institute of Planners, and also of EDI, World Bank, USA.
Rahmatullah led the Gulshan Park development initiatives, establishing it as a cornerstone for the Gulshan community.
He left behind his wife, Qudsia Rahmatullah, his three daughters, three sons-in-law and five grandchildren.
His namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Asr prayers. He was buried at Banani Graveyard in the capital yesterday.