The year 2020 is leaving. Everyone is ready to welcome the new year. The year will be memorable in history due to the global outbreak of coronavirus. Many have lost loved ones in this year of the epidemic. Bangladesh has lost many achievements in the fields of politics, film, education, literature and culture. Those who have left their mark on their respective fields.
The ninth chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. Hussein died on April 22. He has also served as the Cabinet Secretary to the Government.
In his working life he gained fame for his honesty, efficiency, impartiality and character. He was disciplined and ethical. He was suffering from kidney, high blood pressure and diabetes and was admitted to United Hospital in Dhaka on April 13. He has been unconscious ever since and breathed his last on April 22. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Bangladesh's top engineer, researcher, academician, scientist and information technology technologist, died on 28 April. He was an advisor to the caretaker government from April to June 1996. He was the Vice Chancellor of BRAC University from 2001 to 2010 and the Vice Chancellor of Mortuary University of Asia Pacific from 2012. On the morning of April 26, he was found unconscious at his home in Dhanmondi. Doctors pronounced him dead after he was taken to Square Hospital.
Anisuzzaman, an academic, writer and national professor, died on 14 May. He was an Emeritus Professor of Bengali Language and Literature at Dhaka University. He took part in the language movement, the mass uprising of 1971 and the war of liberation. Anisuzzaman was suffering from various complications including old age, heart disease, kidney disease, prostate problem, blood infection. Examination of the corona with samples from his body revealed that he was infected with the coronavirus. Morshedul Alam, director of S Alam Group, died on May 22 after contracting coronavirus. Morshedul S Alam is the elder brother of Saiful Alam Masud, the chairman of the group. He was also a director of NRB Global Bank. May 30, the founder of the Shant-Mariam Foundation. Imamul Kabir died of the coronavirus. Abdul Monem, the founder of Abdul Monem Limited, one of the leading industrial groups in Bangladesh, passed away on May 31.
Awami League presidium member, 14-party spokesman and former health minister Mohammad Nasim died at the hospital on June 13 last year. He was elected Member of Parliament 6 times. He also served as the caretaker Minister for Health, Home Affairs, Housing and Public Works and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Mohammad Nasim was also initially infected with the coronavirus. On the same day, State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah died at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. Coronavirus was detected in the Covid-19 test after his death. Badr Uddin Ahmed Kamran, the first elected mayor of Sylhet City Corporation, passed away on 15 June. On June 5, Covid-19 test revealed coronavirus in his body. He died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on June 15 at 3 pm.
Cultural personality, journalist and former director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Kamal Lohani died on June 26. He was the head of the news department of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, formed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. In 2015, the government awarded him the Ekushey Padak for his special contribution to journalism. He died of coronavirus at Sheikh Russell Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Mohakhali.
Latifur Rahman, a prominent businessman and industrialist of the country and founder of the daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, died of old age on July 1. He received the Business for Peace Award in 2012 in recognition of his ethics and social responsibility in business. Sahara Khatun, a member of the Bangladesh Awami League presidium and a lawyer, died on July 9. Who served as the first woman Home Minister of Bangladesh. On June 2, he fell ill due to old age and was first admitted to the United Hospital in Dhaka's Gulshan. When his condition deteriorated, he was taken to Bamrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
Nurul Islam Babul, an industrialist and founder of the Jamuna Group, died at Ever Care Hospital in Dhaka on July 13. Her kidneys were damaged by coronavirus. Former Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University and political scientist Professor Emajuddin Ahmed passed away on July 17. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1992. He died at Labaid Hospital in Dhaka due to bleeding in the brain. Reader of the Declaration of Independence, former minister and four-time MP Shahjahan Siraj died on 14 July. He was the president of Chhatra League in 1971 during the war of independence. Murtaza Bashir, a painter, cartoonist and activist of the language movement, passed away on 15 August. His father was. Muhammad Shahidullah. Murtaza Bashir was treated for coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka's Evercare (formerly Apollo) Hospital.
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh founder and acting Amir Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi passed away on September 18. He was also the Chairman of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh and the Director General of Darul Uloom Mueenul Islam, Hathazari. At the age of 103, Shah Ahmad Shafi was suffering from geriatric weakness, diabetes, high blood pressure and shortness of breath. Former Attorney General of Bangladesh, veteran lawyer Barrister Rafiq-ul Haq died on October 24. He entered the legal profession in 1960. In 1989-1990, he served as the Attorney General of Bangladesh. Allegations of corruption were leveled against the then Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia during the political crisis during the 1/11 government. He was their mentor at the time. He has taken part in thousands of cases during his career. About 500 of his cases have been published in law and literature. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam died of coronavirus on September 27. He was appointed Attorney General of Bangladesh on 13 January 2009. He started practicing in the High Court in 1975 after graduating in law. He was the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association from 2005-2006. Khandaker Muniruzzaman, acting editor of the daily Sangbad, died of coronavirus on November 24. Nur Hussain Qasemi, Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Jamiat-e-Ulamaye Islam Bangladesh, passed away on December 13. He was the Vice President of Al Hayatul Ulaya, Senior Vice President of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh and Shaykhul Hadith and Director General of Jamia Madania Baridhara, Dhaka and Jamia Sobhania Mahmud Nagar.
MA Hashem, a prominent industrialist and founder of Partex Group, died in the early hours of December 24 at the Evercare Hospital in the capital. In addition to the complications of aging, he was infected with the coronavirus. Former Minister and five-time Member of Parliament Chowdhury Kamal Ibn Yusuf has died of coronavirus. He died on December 9 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital. Former Director General of Bangla Academy and Literary Manzoor Maula died on December 20 after being attacked by Corona. Syed Mahbub-e-Khoda, the founder of Dewanbagh Darbar Sharif in Motijheel, died on 28 December.
He was better known as Dewanbagi. Among the departed politicians and important people are Fazilatunnesa Bappi, MP from the reserved women's seat of the 9th and 10th Jatiya Sangsad, Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan, MP from Barguna-2, Mozammel Hossain, MP from Bagerhat-4 seat in the 10th parliament, former BCL president and Bogra-1 MP Abdul Mannan, Jessore-3 MP Ismat Ara Sadeq, Gazipur-1 MP Rahmat Ali, Jamaat-e-Islami's central executive committee member Maulana Abdus Sobhan, Bangladesh Buddhist Kristi Prachar Sangha president and co-president of the World Buddhist Brotherhood. Sanghanayak Suddhananda Mahather, Bangladesh Nationalist Party Rangpur district politician and former MP Rahim Uddin Varsa, former state minister. Kshitish Chandra Mandal, Pabna-4 MP Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu, Dhaka-5 MP Habibur Rahman Mollah, Jamalpur-4 MP and former State Minister for Power Anwarul Kabir Talukder, Dhaka-9 MP and industrialist Maqbool Hossain, Chandpur- Former 5th MP MA Matin, Jamaat-e-Islami politician and former Jessore-2 MP Shahadat Hussain, politician, freedom fighter and former state minister for communications in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Nurul Islam Manzur, Narayanganj district politician and former Narayanganj-1 MP Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan , Former MP and Minister Mohammad Abdul Gaffar Haldar, former MP of Tangail-2 constituency Khandaker Asaduzzaman, MP of Naogaon-6 constituency Md. Israfil Alam and others.
Many talented artists of the entertainment world have passed away this year. Composer, music director and musician Azad Rahman died on 16 May. Alauddin Ali, a multi-national film award winning music personality, passed away on August 9. Ali Jaker, a prominent actor and playwright, died of cancer and coronavirus. He breathed his last on November 27 at the United Hospital in Dhaka. This year, Andrew Kishore, the 'play-back emperor' of Bengali films, has gone to the land of no return from suffering from cancer. On July 6, at 7:15 pm in the Mahishabathan area of Rajshahi, his sister Dr. Shikha left the last breath in the house of faith. Happy actor Sadek Bachchu died of corona on 14th September. Popular playwright Abdul Quader died at the hospital on December 26. He was suffering from cancer. He was also infected with corona. Drama and stage actor KS Firoz died on September 9 after being attacked by corona.
