Eminent educationist Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui died on Tuesday night at the age of 86.

Zillur, who was awarded the Shadhinota Padak accolade, was taken to Samorita Hospital in the capital city around 01:00am on Wednesday when he fell ill but doctors declared him dead. 

An official of the hospital told the body of the former adviser to caretaker government was kept in the morgue freezer.

The academic is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.  Two of his sons are abroad and the family said his burial would be arranged after consulting with the sons.