Kumudini Hajong, who had made a remarkable contribution to the historic “Tonko Rebellion” by the Hajong community to secure their rights in the 1940s against the British Raj, passed away due to old age complications yesterday.
Prof Zia Rahman, dean of social sciences faculty at Dhaka University, passed away due to brain stroke at a hospital in the capital early yesterday. He was 60, said Najmus Sakib, assistant professor at the department.
Khalid, lead singer and frontman of Chime, passed away at 7:15pm yesterday, due to a cardiac arrest.
Today is the 45th death anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist, and politician of the sub-continent. He died in 1979.
Abdul Hyee, an Awami League lawmaker from Jhenaidah-1 (Shailkupa) and president of Jhenaidah district AL, passed away yesterday. He was 72.
Atia Afreen, a communication professional and former programme manager of Transparency International Bangladesh, passed away yesterday after battling lung cancer for the last three years. She was 46.
Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, died at a city hospital yesterday. He was 93.
Eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer Sadi Mohammad died yesterday, sending a shockwave through the cultural community. He was 70.
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary and veteran journalist Ihsanul Karim Helal passed away last night. He was 73.
Ihsanul Karim breathed his last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital at 8:00pm today
Today is the third death anniversary of Sabrina Islam Chowdhury, wife of Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director & CEO of Mercantile Bank PLC, said a press release.
Eminent journalist Sayed Kamal-uddin, editor of the weekly Holiday, died at a Dhaka hospital yesterday, aged 85.
Eminent journalist Sayed Kamaluddin, editor of the weekly Holiday, died this afternoon at a city hospital following a massive cardiac arrest, sources in his family said
Veteran journalist, columnist and poet Talat Mahmud has died. He was 67
The 10th death anniversary of Mohd Moshtaque, a journalist and former director of news at Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television, and chief editor of Asian Television Services, will be observed today, said a press release.
Engineer SMHI Faruque (Civil 65 Buet batch), managing director of FR Properties Ltd, passed away on February 25.
Veteran journalist Md Nurul Islam, former Mymen-singh Correspondent of Bangladesh Observer and later Daily Observer, died of cancer at his Dhitpur Shantiganj residence in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Thursday.
Mujibur Rahman, a freedom fighter, passed away yesterday at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.