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Published : 02 Jun 2026, 01:49 PM
Awami League stalwart Tofail Ahmed is heading to Bhola for the last time.
The Liberation War organiser and a leading figure of the 1969 Mass Uprising is returning to his home district in a coffin.
The nine-time minister died at the age of 83 at Square Hospital on Monday.
His body was taken from the hospital to Shahjalal International Airport around 11:30am on Tuesday.
Tofail's remains left Dhaka aboard a Meghna Aviation helicopter at 12:57pm, said Iftekharul Sadek, operations manager of the airline.
The veteran politician will be laid to rest beside his mother's grave.
His funeral prayer is scheduled to take place at the Bhola District Government High School grounds.
Following the prayers, the icon of 1960s student politics will be laid to rest beside his mother's grave in Koralia village under South Gangapur.
His first funeral prayer was held at Taqwa Mosque in Dhanmondi after Maghrib prayers, drawing politicians and people from different walks of life who gathered to pay their respects.
Among them were former minister and Awami League leader Latif Siddiqui, Krishak Sramik Janata League Chairman Kader Siddiqui, former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Jatiya Party Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary and former Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince.
After the prayers, his body was kept in the hospital’s morgue.
Tofail had been suffering from age-related complications for a long period.
On Sept 24 last year, he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia-related breathing difficulties, heart disease and physical weakness.
He remained in the intensive care unit (ICU) for months.
The politician, who witnessed several turning points in Bangladeshi politics, spent eight months and eight days at Square Hospital before passing away.
