Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm welcome upon her arrival at the Government House, the Thai premier's office
Shahid Qadri’s body taken to Central Shaheed Minar
The mortal remains of celebrated Bangladeshi poet Shahid Qadri has reached home.
Published : 31 August 2016, 07:11 AM
Updated : 31 August 2016, 07:11 AM
An Emirates Airlines flight carrying his body reached Dhaka at 8:40am on Wednesday.
Qadri, one of the prominent poets of post-1947 Bengali literature, had wished his remains be buried in Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Maj Gen Zainul Abedin, Special Assistant Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, and leaders of Jatiya Kabita Parishad and Sammilita Sangskritik Jote received the body.
The poet’s wife Neela Qadri, son Adnan Qadri and family friend Sabina Hai landed on another flight earlier in the day.
Under the supervision of Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, the body was taken to Central Shaheed Minar premises where people from all walks of life paid their last respects after tributes were paid on behalf of the prime minister.
Qadri’s body will be taken to Bangla Academy later in the day and will be laid to rest at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard following a Namaz-e-Janaza to be held at the Dhaka University Central Mosque in the afternoon.
Shahid Qadri, who left Bangladesh in 1978, died in a New York hospital on Sunday at the age of 74. He was hospitalised with pneumonia.
The Ekushey Padak winner had been suffering from kidney complications for more than a decade and had been on a wheel chair for the last five years.
Born in Kolkata on August 14, 1942, Qadri came to Bangladesh following the partition in 1947.
Qadri brought in a fresh air by introducing urbanism and a sense of modernity in terms of the use of urban-life-related diction.
His poetry is infused with patriotism, cosmopolitanism and universalism.
Qadri is revered for his books such as Uttaradhikar (Inheritance), Tomake Obhibadon Priyatama (Salute to You, Dearest), Kothao Kono Krondon Nei (Weepings Nowhere), and Amar Chumbangullo Pouchhiye Dio (Please, Convey My Kisses).
He received the Bangla Academy Award and the Ekushey Padak in 1973 and 2011 respectively.
After visiting Germany and England, the poet settled in the United States in 1985.
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