The New Nation - Internet Edition

RANGAMATI, Jan 8: Rajguru Sreemat Agrabangsho Mahathero, chief priest of Rangamati Royal Buddhist Monastery, died at the district General Hospital on Saturday night. He was 94. Agrabangsho Mahathero, the highest Mahasangha Nayak of Bangladesh and India, had been suffering for long from old age complications and respiratory problems. His body was kept at Rajbihar under special arrangement. His funeral will be held three months later after the completion of religious rituals. Agrabangsho Mahathero was given the title of Mahasangha Nayak at a ceremonial function at Parbatya Vikhkhu Sangha on March 13 in 2001, reports UNB.