Veteran politician Reza Ali passes away
Veteran politician and businessman Reza Ali passed away at a hospital in Singapore this morning. He was 82.
He breathed his last at 11:45am local time at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, his son Miran Ali told The Daily Star.
His family said he had been unwell for some time.
Reza Ali leaves behind his wife, Prof (Retd) Nayeema Ali and children Miran, Sarah, and Mishal and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
His first namaz-e-janaza will be held at Masjid Al-Falah on Bideford Road in Singapore tomorrow Tuesday after Zohr prayers, according to a press release from Bitopi, the business organisation Reza started in 1968.
The second janaza will be held at Gulshan Central Mosque after Zohr prayers on Wednesday after the body reaches Dhaka.
His third janaza will be held at the central mosque in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential area after Asr prayers the same day.
After Zohr prayers on Thursday, his fourth janaza will be held at Nazrul Academy in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila.
His fifth janaza will be held at Dhanikhola, and then he will be buried at his family graveyard after Asr prayers.
Reza Ali was elected as a member of parliament from the ruling Awami League in Mymensingh-7 constituency in the 2008 national election.
Born in 1940 in Cumilla, Reza Ali was educated at St Gregory's High School, Dhaka; Aitchison College, Lahore; and Dhaka University.
He qualified as an advocate and was a member of the Supreme Court Bar.
Reza Ali was at the forefront of the Dhaka University student's movement of the early 1960s against the regime of Ayub Khan, for which he was imprisoned.
During the Liberation War, at grave personal risk, he smuggled to safety intellectuals, artists, and their families who were targeted by the West Pakistani forces and their collaborators.
His father Tofazzal Ali was elected a member of parliament from Cumilla and later became a minister.Reza Ali started the business organization Bitopi in 1968 and was also involved in the garment industry in the 1980s.
He was also involved in politics in the 1970s and 1980s and later joined the Awami League. He was at the forefront of the ship-breaking industry and was the founder-president of the Shipbreakers Association of Bangladesh.
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