Body of Golam Sarwar taken at Central Shaheed Minar

Staff Correspondent: The body of eminent journalist and Dainik Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar has been kept at the Central Shaheed Minar so that people of all strata can pay last  tributes to him.

The body will be kept there till 12 noon.

Later, the eminent journalist’s body will be taken to the Jatiya Press Club where he used to spend time with his colleagues and friends. A namaj-e-janaza will be held after Zohr prayers there.

Later, Sarwar will be laid to eternal rest at the Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard after Asr prayers.

Earlier, Sarwar’s body was taken to his workplace at Samakal office on Thursday morning. A namaj-e-janaza was held at nearby Bangladesh University of Textiles playground.

Family sources and colleagues said the elderly journalist’s body was taken to his village home at Banaraipara in Barishal on Wednesday. After a Namaz-e-Janaja there, his body was brought back to Dhaka.

The eminent journalist died on Monday at a Singapore hospital at the age of 75.
On August 3, Sarwar, also the president of Editors’ Council, was taken to Singapore by an air-ambulance for better treatment.

On the next day, he was admitted to Singapore General Hospital.

Earlier on July 29, the eminent journalist was admitted to Lab-Aid hospital in the capital due to cardiac diseases and lung complications.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and admirers.
Born on April 1 in 1943 at Banaripara of Barisal, Sarwar obtained his honors and master’s degrees from the Dhaka University (DU).

In his student life in 1962, he started his career as a university correspondent at Dainik Azadi.

In the same year, he joined Dainik Sangbad as a sub-editor. He worked at the daily till March 25 in 1971. He actively participated in the Liberation War.

After the independence, he served as the headmaster of Banaripara Union Institution. Later in 1972, he joined Dainik Ittefaq as a senior sub-editor. He also served as joint news editor and news editor at the newspaper till 1999.

In 1999, he became the editor of Dainik Jugantor and in 2005 he joined Dainik Samakal as the founding editor. He served as the editor at the newspaper till his death.

He also served as the chairman of the board of directors of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) and member of board of directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

Golam Sarwar was rewarded with the Ekushey Padak in 2014 for his contribution to the field of journalism.


risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 16, 2018/ Sawon/Mukul