Bengalis’ friend Father Marino Rigon no more
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Desk Report: Bangladesh's honorary citizen and freedom fighter Father Marino Rigon has died. He was 92.
He breathed his last while undergoing treatment in Italy's Vicenza on Friday evening.Born on Jan 5, 1925 at Villaverla in Italy, Father Rigon came to Bangladesh in 1953 and stayed at Haldibunia village of Mongla for a long time.
He played a key role in poverty alleviation, expansion of education, providing medical services and development of poor women.
He took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh by sheltering and taking care of injured freedom fighters during the 1971 war.
The government honoured him with citizenship in 2009.
He also translated a number of Bangla literary works, including Rabindranath Tagore's Geetanjali, mystic poet Lalon Fakir's songs, and Jasim Uddin's Nakshikanthar Math, in Italian.
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