Former governor of Bangladesh Bank Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri passed away at a city hospital yesterday. He was 86.

He had been suffering from old-age complications, according to a press release issued by Bangladesh Bank.

He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of admirers and well-wishers.

Chaudhuri was the fourth governor of Bangladesh Bank, between 1987 and 1992.