Online Report : Legendary musicologist, researcher and author Mustafa Zaman Abbasi passed away at a private hospital in the capital`s Banani on Saturday morning. He was 87.

He breathed his last at about 5:30AM, his daughter Sharmin Abbasi confirmed.

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi had long been suffering from old age complications. He was hospitalised on Friday (May 9) due to breathing complications.

He left behind wife, two daughters and host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

The namaaz-e-janaza for Abbasi will be held at Gulshan Azad Mosque following Zuhr prayers.

Abbasi was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his contribution to music in 1995.

He was the third son of legendary Bhawaiya folk singer and composer Abbasuddin Ahmed. His uncle Abdul Karim was also a prominent folk singer.

His sister Ferdausi Rahman is also a musician. His eldest brother Mustafa Kamal was the chief justice of Bangladesh. Nashid Kamal, daughter of Mustafa, is a Nazrul Sangeet singer.

Born on December 8, 1936, in Balarampur village of India’s Koch Bihar, Mustafa Zaman was trained by Indian classical musicians such as Ustad Muhammad Hussain Khasru and Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan.