Pioneer sculptor of Bangladesh, Syed Abdullah Khalid, dies at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 75.
Professor Syed Abdullah Khalid was born in an aristocratic Syed family in Kazi-Ilias, Sylhet town. Though his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a clergy, Khalid ended up a painter and eventually a sculptor, one of the greatest the country has produced.
