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SHAHRIAR-JANAZA
Namaj-e-Janaza of journalist Shahriar Shahid held at JPC
DHAKA, Nov 19, 2018 (BSS) – The namaj-e-janaza of eminent journalist,
writer and Managing Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Shahriar
Shahid was held at Jatiya Press Club (JPC) here after Johr prayers today.
Journalists, including his colleagues from BSS, friends, relatives and
admirers, attended the janaza conducted by Sufi Syed Saifuddin Ahmed.
Prime Minister’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Prime Minister’s
Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Managing
Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad, former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka
University Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists
(BFUJ) president Molla Jalal, former chief editors of BSS Gaziul Hasan Khan
and Azizul Islam Bhuiyan, JPC general secretary Farida Yasmin, former
president of JPC Shawkat Mahmud, its former general secretary Swapan Kumar
Saha, former president of BFUJ Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul and its former
secretaries general Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan and Omar Faroque, senior journalist
Mahfuj Ullah, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) general secretary Sohel Haider
Chowdhury and former general secretary of JPC Qamrul Islam Chowdhury were,
among others, present.
Earlier, his first nama-e-janaza was held at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU)
at 11.30 am from where the body was brought to BSS office to allow his
colleagues to have a glimpse of him.
On November 17, Shahriar Shahid passed away at a city hospital at around
1.50 pm.
Earlier, he was admitted to Dhaka’s Apollo Hospitals on November 14 with
stomach pain and breathing problem and died after three days with doctors
attributing his demise to a severe heart attack.
Shahriar authored 30 books based on the interviews of gallantry award
winning Freedom Fighters and other Liberation War veterans which appeared to
be a major documentation of the 1971 history while he made several
documentaries on the Liberation War as well.
A preacher of interfaith harmony and liberal Sufi ideals, Shahriar was
also a scholar of Sufi literature while beyond his professional engagement,
he taught at Dhaka University’s Mass-Communication and Journalism Department
as an honorary teacher.
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