Adviser for Civil Aviation and Tourism A F Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at Labaid Hospital in Dhanmondi here this afternoon. 
"Adviser A F Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at 3.35pm today at Labaid hospital in the city," civil aviation and tourism ministry's Public Relations Officer Mahbub Rahman Tuhin confirmed it to BSS. 
The adviser was brought to the hospital's emergency unit around 3pm and the doctors declared him death at 3:35 pm after following all protocol, said Labaid Media Manager Chowdhury Meher-e Khoda.