Adviser Hassan Arif no more

AF Hassan Arif, adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Land Ministry, is no more.

The adviser died of a massive heart attack at 3:10 pm on Friday (December 20). 

His son Moaz Arif confirmed the news of his death.

 “My father was feeling sick and suddenly collapsed on the floor. We took him immediately to LabAid Hospital where duty doctors declared him dead,” Moaz Arif said.

Following the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August, Ariff took oath as an adviser of the interim government headed  by Prof Muhammad Yunus on 8 August.     

Hassan Arif was initially given the responsibility of adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and the Ministry of Land. He was later given the responsibility of the Ministry of Land and Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

Hassan Arif was born in Kolkata on July 10, 1941. He completed his secondary and higher secondary education from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, and graduated and completed his LLB from the University of Kolkata.

He started his career in 1967 at the Kolkata High Court in West Bengal, India. He then moved to Dhaka in 1970 and started working as a lawyer with the High Court.

He was also the law adviser of the caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.

He previously served as a legal adviser with various organizations. These include the Roads and Highways Department, Chattogram Port Authority, Mongla Port Authority, Security and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh Bank, Chattogram Development Authority, Chattogram Stock Exchange, University Grants Commission Limited and Grameenphone Bangladesh. 

He is currently the adviser to Dhakeshwari National Temple Complex.