Dr AR Mallick's anniversary of death today

Today, the 4th of February, is the 21st death anniversary of Dr AR Mallick, an eminent educationist and the first technocrat Finance Minister of the country.

Dr Mallick was professor of South Asian Regional Studies at the University of Pennsylv-ania, USA, in the early '60s, and the founding vice-chancellor of Chittagong University.

He was president of the Liberation Council of Intelligentsia, the first education secretary; the first High Commissioner to India and was elected chairman of Asian Development Bank.

His publications include 'British Policy and the Muslims in Bengal' and 'Amar Jibon Kotha O Bangladesher Mukti Sangram'.