Dhaka, March 3 -- Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has died at the age of 88 in a hospital in Dhaka.

The retired diplomat succumbed to multiple age-related ailments on Sunday, his daughter Parveen Ahmed, a retired journalist and now a World Bank consultant, confirmed.

She said, "He was laid to rest beside his mother at Azimpur graveyard on Monday morning.

"His funeral prayers were held at Masjid ut Taqwa in Dhanmondi on Sunday night."

Mohiuddin joined the Foreign Service in 1963 and served in several prominent roles within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or MoFA.

His positions included deputy chief of protocol, director of general administration, additional foreign secretary, and acting foreign secretary.

He se...