Dr Taslim Sazzad Mallick, a professor of Statistics Department at Dhaka University (DU), died of heart attack on Friday morning. He was 48.

The professor breathed his last at his residence in the capital's Mirpur this morning.

AKM Golam Rabbani, proctor of the university, confirmed this information to media.

Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman expressed profound sock at the demise of Sajjad.