Language Movement veteran Jalil passes away
Language Movement veteran Abdul Jalil died of old age complications at Medi Aid Hospital in the city yesterday at the age of 80.
Jalil, who was born at Harong village in Chandina upazila, was one of the organisers of the Language Movement while he was a student at Dhaka University. He was arrested twice by the then Pakistani authorities.
He was buried at his family graveyard at his village home in the afternoon after his three namaz-e-janazas at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, National Press Club and Harong Madrasa in Chandina upazila.
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