19 March 2024

Muzaffar Ahmed’s body to be taken to Shaheed Minar this noon

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The body of Muzaffar Ahmed, who was part of the wartime Bangladesh government in exile and a close friend of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be taken to the central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka this noon so that people from all walks of life can pay their last tributes to him, reports United News of Bangladesh.

Then his body will be taken to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque around 1:30:pm for his second namaz-e-janaza.

He will be buried at Elahbad village of Debidwar upazila in Cumilla at 10:00am on Sunday.

The 98-year-old veteran politician and the chief of National Awami Party (NAP) died around 7:50pm on Friday while being treated at the ICU of Apollo Hospital.

Muzaffar, born on April 14, 1922 in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla, taught at Dhaka College and Dhaka University. He took part in the 1952 Language Movement.

He was one of the organisers of NAP, CPB and guerilla force of the student union. After the independence, he was elected an MP in 1979 and contested the 1981 presidential polls.

Three years ago, he declined the government's offer Swadhinata Padak, the highest civilian award.

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