National Prof Anisuzzaman dies

National Professor Dr Anisuzzaman has passed away on Thursday (Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un).

He was 83.

The national professor breathed his last around 5pm at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) while undergoing treatment there, confirmed Dr Ayesha Akter, assistant director of the DGHS Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.

Earlier on April 27, Professor Dr Anisuzzaman was admitted to Universal Cardiac Hospital with heart problems and old age complications.

Later on May 9, Anisuzzaman was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) from Universal Cardiac Hospital as his health condition deteriorated.

Dr Anisuzzaman is an eminent educator, writer and Emeritus Professor of Bangla language and literature department at Dhaka University.

He participated in the Language Movement, the 1969 Mass Upsurge and the Liberation War. After the independence, he became a member of the National Education Commission with Kudrat-E-Khuda as its chief.


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