Desk Report
Published: 28 May 2022, 12:15 pm
Photo: Collected
The body of Amar Ekushey Sangeet
composer, eminent journalist, writer, and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury has
reached Dhaka.
The body of Gaffar Chowdhury
arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday (May 28)
at around 11 am on a Bangladesh Airlines flight.
Liberation War Affairs Minister
AKM Mozammel Haque received the body of Gaffar Chowdhury at the airport.
It is learned that the body of
Gaffar Chowdhury will be brought to the National Shaheed Minar today at 1 pm
for paying homage.
Janaza will be held at the
Central Mosque of Dhaka University at 3:30 pm. Gaffar Chowdhury's body will be
brought to the National Press Club at 4 pm. Later at 5.30 pm, his body will be
buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard.
Gaffar Chowdhury, 7, died on May
19 at Barnet Hospital in London, UK. He was suffering from various
complications of old age including diabetes and kidney disease.