The body of late Awami League leader Abdur Razzak has been kept at the BIRDEM Hospital mortuary.
The mortal remains of the Shariatpur-3 legislator, who never lost an election, would be kept there until Monday when it would be taken to his village at Shariatpur's Damudda.
Razzak would be buried in the capital's Banani graveyard later in the day.
Earlier, Awami League supporters paid their last respects to their late leader as his body was taken from the Central Shaheed Minar to the party's Bangabandhu Avenue headquarters around 6:20pm.
After around 15 minute's halt there, relatives of Razzak left for the BIRDEM mortuary.
His second namaz-e-janaza in Bangladesh was held at the National Eidgah ground around 4pm. The body was taken to the Shaheed Minar afterwards.
Baitul Mokarram National Mosque's Khatib Mohammad Salahuddin conducted the second janaza attended by leaders of various political parties and people from a broad spectrum of the society.
Ruling Awami League leaders and Razzak's long time associates, advisory council members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Abdul Jalil, attended the janaza along with Mohammad Nasim, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Qamrul Islam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and others.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, vice-president Abdullah Al Noman also attended the second janaza among the leaders of other political parties.
Of the 14-party grand alliance leaders, Workers' Party president Rashed Khan Menon and National Awami Party general secretary Enamul Haque attended the prayers.
The first namaz-e-janaza in Bangladesh of the leading organisor of the 1971 Liberation War took place around 3pm at the parliament building premises, which was attended by speaker Abdul Hamid, deputy speaker Shawkat Ali, cabinet members and MPs.
Before the janaza, Razzak's son Nahin Razzak urged everyone to pray for the departed soul of his father.
After the janaza, a police team gave state honour and floral tributes to Razzak.
A BNP-delegation led by Moudud Ahmed and A S M Hannan Shah also paid their last respects by placing wreaths on his coffin.
The janaza took place after his body was taken there from his Gulshan residence where president Zillur Rahman and prime minister Sheikh Hasina had paid their homage to the 69-year-old veteran politician.
They also consoled the family of the Awami League advisory council member.
Razzak's body was taken there from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying his remains from London landed at 12:15pm.
His family members including his wife Farida Razzak and two sons were with the body.
Razzak died at King's College Hospital in London at 03:50pm local time (9:50pm Bangladesh standard time) on Friday while under treatment.
A namaj-e-janaza was held there on Saturday.
His long time associates Amu, Tofail and Jalil paid their floral tributes to him at the airport.
Awami League leaders Nanak, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Suranjit Sengupta, Obaidul Quader and Shahara Khatun, Faruk Khan, ruling party ally Workers' Party chief Menon and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) president Hasanul Haque Inu, among others, were also present at the airport.
The mortal remains of the Shariatpur-3 legislator, who never lost an election, would be kept there until Monday when it would be taken to his village at Shariatpur's Damudda.
Razzak would be buried in the capital's Banani graveyard later in the day.
Earlier, Awami League supporters paid their last respects to their late leader as his body was taken from the Central Shaheed Minar to the party's Bangabandhu Avenue headquarters around 6:20pm.
After around 15 minute's halt there, relatives of Razzak left for the BIRDEM mortuary.
His second namaz-e-janaza in Bangladesh was held at the National Eidgah ground around 4pm. The body was taken to the Shaheed Minar afterwards.
Baitul Mokarram National Mosque's Khatib Mohammad Salahuddin conducted the second janaza attended by leaders of various political parties and people from a broad spectrum of the society.
Ruling Awami League leaders and Razzak's long time associates, advisory council members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Abdul Jalil, attended the janaza along with Mohammad Nasim, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Qamrul Islam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and others.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, vice-president Abdullah Al Noman also attended the second janaza among the leaders of other political parties.
Of the 14-party grand alliance leaders, Workers' Party president Rashed Khan Menon and National Awami Party general secretary Enamul Haque attended the prayers.
The first namaz-e-janaza in Bangladesh of the leading organisor of the 1971 Liberation War took place around 3pm at the parliament building premises, which was attended by speaker Abdul Hamid, deputy speaker Shawkat Ali, cabinet members and MPs.
Before the janaza, Razzak's son Nahin Razzak urged everyone to pray for the departed soul of his father.
After the janaza, a police team gave state honour and floral tributes to Razzak.
A BNP-delegation led by Moudud Ahmed and A S M Hannan Shah also paid their last respects by placing wreaths on his coffin.
The janaza took place after his body was taken there from his Gulshan residence where president Zillur Rahman and prime minister Sheikh Hasina had paid their homage to the 69-year-old veteran politician.
They also consoled the family of the Awami League advisory council member.
Razzak's body was taken there from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying his remains from London landed at 12:15pm.
His family members including his wife Farida Razzak and two sons were with the body.
Razzak died at King's College Hospital in London at 03:50pm local time (9:50pm Bangladesh standard time) on Friday while under treatment.
A namaj-e-janaza was held there on Saturday.
His long time associates Amu, Tofail and Jalil paid their floral tributes to him at the airport.
Awami League leaders Nanak, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Suranjit Sengupta, Obaidul Quader and Shahara Khatun, Faruk Khan, ruling party ally Workers' Party chief Menon and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) president Hasanul Haque Inu, among others, were also present at the airport.
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