Dhaka, Nov 13 (bdnews24.com)—Language movement veteran artist Imdad Hossain has passed away at a hospital in Dhaka, aged 85.
His son Nisar Hossain, also a professor of Dhaka University's Fine Arts Faculty, told bdnews24.com the artist died around 11am on Sunday at the Health and Hope Hospital in Panthapath. .
Imdad has been sick for a long time.
The body of the artist has been kept at the mortuary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. He will be buried on Monday at his village residence in Keraniganj's Rohitpur after Namaj-e-Janaza at Dhaka University's central mosque after Zohr prayers.
His remains will be kept at the Central Shaheed Minar from 10am to 12pm and at the university's Fine Arts Faculty from 12pm onwards to allow people to pay last tributes.
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