Language movement hero Saiful Islam Bahauddin Ahmed Chaudhury has passed away. He was 81.
Chaudhury, a former information secretary, died at the Dhaka Community Hospital at Maghbazar in the city on Wednesday.
His body has been kept in the BIRDEM Hospital mortuary. His burial will be held after his two sons return from the UK and the US, according to his relatives.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condoled the death of Chaudhury, who along with Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had been charged in the historic Agartala Conspiracy case by the then Pakistan government in 1968. In the case, they had been accused of plotting to separate the East wing of the then Pakistan and form a new country, Bangladesh.
Chaudhury also played a very significant role in the historic Six-Point Demand in 1966.
Born in Dhaka in Oct 31, 1931, Bahauddin Chaudhury was member of famous Chaudhury family of Ulania village under Mehendiganj Police Station of Barisal.
He graduated from the Dhaka University and later joined journalism as an assistant editor of the daily Insaf.
He had also worked for other publications, including Sangbad, Morning Sun, Barta of Rajshahi, Azad, Dinkal and Lal Sabuj.
Chaudhury, a former information secretary, died at the Dhaka Community Hospital at Maghbazar in the city on Wednesday.
His body has been kept in the BIRDEM Hospital mortuary. His burial will be held after his two sons return from the UK and the US, according to his relatives.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condoled the death of Chaudhury, who along with Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had been charged in the historic Agartala Conspiracy case by the then Pakistan government in 1968. In the case, they had been accused of plotting to separate the East wing of the then Pakistan and form a new country, Bangladesh.
Chaudhury also played a very significant role in the historic Six-Point Demand in 1966.
Born in Dhaka in Oct 31, 1931, Bahauddin Chaudhury was member of famous Chaudhury family of Ulania village under Mehendiganj Police Station of Barisal.
He graduated from the Dhaka University and later joined journalism as an assistant editor of the daily Insaf.
He had also worked for other publications, including Sangbad, Morning Sun, Barta of Rajshahi, Azad, Dinkal and Lal Sabuj.
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