Dhaka, Aug 17 (BDNEWS) – Leading figure of contemporary Bangla poetry Poet Shamsur Rahman was laid to rest at Banani graveyard beside his mother after a namaz-e-janaja at the Dhaka University mosque Friday.
Earlier his body was kept at the Central Shahid Minar from 10.20am to 12.55am where thousands of people paid their last homage to the legendary poet.
Prominent personalities of literary and cultural arena went to the Shahid Minar to pay their tribute to the doyen of the Bangla poetry.
The entire Shahid Minar premises turned into a mourning place with the presence of thousands of people with heavy hearts.
Professor Anisuzzaman, Dr Jafar Iqbal, Prof. AAMS Arefin Siddique, playwright Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, poets Rabiul Hossain, Nasir Ahmed, artist Hashem Khan, showbiz stars and cultural figures like Ramendu Majumdar, Pijush Banarjee, Kausar Chowdhury, Nasiruddin Yusuf Bacchu, Golam Kuddus, Kamal Pasha, rights activist Khushi Kabir and hundreds of others paid their last homage to the poet.
Poet Shamsur Rahman passed away at the ICU of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Thursday at 6:35 pm at the age of 77.
He was suffering from severe Myocardial Infarction with multi- organ failures.
BDNEWS/1500 hrs
