Referee Noman no more

Prominent referee and Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) official Hamiduzzaman Noman passed away yesterday afternoon at the Holy Family Hospital in Dhaka. He was 55.

Noman had been suffering from various ailments related to diabetics and kidney.

He left behind his wife, two sons and a host of well wishers.

“Hamiduzzaman Noman was one of the referees who conducted big matches of Abahani and Mohammedan confidently in the '80s in front of full-crowd at the stadium,” said former FIFA referee Ibrahim Nesar.

“He had burst into the scene through a referees' course titled 'Shada Referee' through which Pratap Shankar Hazra, Bashir Ahmed also came out,” said Nesar, adding that Noman had worked as a referee for nearly seven years.

Separate namaj-e-janazas were held at the BFF premises and Laxmibazar before he was buried at the Azimpur graveyard last night.