Bangla Academy DG Habibullah Sirajee passes away
Bangla Academy Director General Habibullah Sirajee passed away at a private hospital in the capital on Monday night.
He breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital around 11pm, AHM Lokman, secretary of Bangla Academy, confirmed.
The Ekushey Padak-winning poet was hospitalised on April 25 and shifted to the ICU due to severe complication in his intestine and the digestive system. He had undergone an operation on April 27.
The body of Sirajee will be taken to the Bangla Academy at 10am for everyone to pay their last respect following the health guidelines.
His first namaz-e-janaza will be held at Bangla Academy. He will be laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard after his second funeral prayers.
Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed profound sorrow at the death of the poet.
In a condolence message, Sheikh Hasina said Habibullah Sirajee highlighted the War of Liberation and progressiveness in his poem and work, which will be remembered to the readers.
The Prime Minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Born on December 31, 1948 in Faridpur, the poet studied at the country’s apex engineering university BUET.
One of the founders and former president of Jatiya Kabita Parishad (National Poetry Council), Sirajee was conferred with the Ekushey Padak in 2016 and Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1991 for his contribution to poetry.
