Serajul Hoque Khan no more

Serajul Hoque Khan, a former Bangladesh Bank official, passed away yesterday. He was 74.

Serajul father of Mahbubur Rahman Khan, staff correspondent of The Daily Star,

He left behind his wife, five sons, grandsons, granddaughters, relatives and a host of well-wishers to mourn his death.

Serajul Hoque had been suffering from brain cancer for last couple of months. He breathed his last around 4:30am at his residence in the capital's Mir Hazaribagh.

His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Mir Hazaribagh after Juma prayers. He was buried in a graveyard at his Kewatkhali village in Sreenagar, Munshiganj following the second janaza after Asr prayers.

A doa mahfil and food distribution among orphans will be held at his village mosque after Juma prayers on February 12.

His family members requested all to pray for salvation of the departed soul.