Professor Kabir Chowdhury Passes Away

National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, the younger brother of Professor Munir Chowdhury, and the icon of anti-communal leader of the country breathed his last yesterday morning in his sleep (Inna…Rajeyyn). He was 89.

His namaz-e-janaza was held at Dhaka University Central Mosque after Asr prayer. He was accorded a guard of honour as a mark of respect by a police contingent with trumpets playing a dirge after the janaza and was laid to eternal rest at Mirpur Intellectuals' Graveyard after Magrib prayers. 

Born in 1923 in Brahmanbaria, Kabir Chowdhury joined the English department of the Dhaka University in 1974. He wrote around 250 books. For his contribution to education, literature and social movements, he secured many prestigious awards in and outside the country. Professor Chowdhury earned numerous prestigious national and International awards for his contribution in education and justice. He was a Voice of the Nation for the trial of war criminal during the War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

We mourn his death!

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