BNP pays last respects to MK Anwar

Senior Correspondent: BNP has paid last respects to its standing committee member MK Anwar, who died at his Elephant Road residence.

Anwar’s coffin was taken to BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 12:00pm and kept on a temporary stage in front of it.

Later, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with party senior leaders, on behalf of the party, placed wreaths at his coffin and draped it with a party flag as a mark of respect to the late leader.

The second janaza was held at BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters and the third around 1:30pm at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, BNP sources said.

Apart from Fakhrul and Mosharraf,  BNP standing committee members Dr Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, vice-chairmen Abdullah Al Noman, Hafizuddin Ahmed,  Shahjahan Omar, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Zainul Abedin, Shamsuzzaman Dudu and Amanullah Aman and senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi joined the janaza at BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters.

Anwar’s first janaza was held at Kataban Mosque at 10.00am.

After the namaj-e-janaza, his body has been kept at mortuary in Birdem Hospital in Dhaka.

The BNP leader’s body will be taken his home district Comilla tomorrow (Wednesday).

His fourth namaj-e-janaza will be held in Titas upazila of Comilla after Zohr prayers and the last one in Homna upazila after Asar prayers.

He will be buried in his family graveyard in Homna upazila.

Anwar, a bureaucrat-turned politician, breathed his last around 1:20 am at the age of 84.
The BNP leader is survived by wife Mahmuda Anwar, daughter Khadiza Anwar and two sons -- Mahmud Anwar and Masud Anwar -- and a host of relatives and followers to mourn his death.

Meanwhile, BNP has announced to observe today (Tuesday) as the mourning day following the demise of the veteran leader.

The party hoisted black flags and kept the party flag at half-mast atop its Nayapaltan central office on the occasion. Besides, party leaders and activists wore black badges.  

A condolence book was also opened at the party’s Nayapaltan central office since the morning for party leaders and activists to register their condolence.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep shock at his death.

Anwar was inducted in the cabinet twice in 1991 and 2001 when the party came to power.
He had also been elected MP five times from Homna constituency.




risingbd/Dhaka/Oct 24, 2017/Reza/Mukul