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National Professor Anisuzzaman passes away

Published : Thursday, 14 May, 2020 at 5:32 PM  Count : 1111

National Professor Anisuzzaman passes away

National Professor Anisuzzaman passes away

National Professor Anisuzzaman passed away at a city hospital on Thursday (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun). He was 83.

The eminent educator, writer and  the Dhaka University professor emeritus breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at 4.55pm.

On April 27, he was admitted to the Universal Medical College Hospital with heart, kidney, lung and respiratory problems.
Later, on May 9, he was shifted to the CMH as his condition was not improving.

He was born in Bashirhat under Chabbish Pargana of undivided India on February 18, 1937.

Dr Anisuzzaman served as a faculty member at the University of Dhaka during 1959–69, 1985–2003 and 2005–08. He taught Bengali at the University of Chittagong during 1969–85. From 1978 to 1983, he was associated with research projects of the United Nations University. He was a visiting fellow at the University of Paris (1994), North Carolina State University (1995) and University of Calcutta (2010), and a visiting professor at the Visva-Bharati (2008–09, 2011).

Dr Anisuzzaman participated in the Language Movement, the 1969 Mass Upsurge and the Liberation War. After the independence, he became a member of the National Education Commission with Kudrat-E-Khuda as its chief.

He had conducted outstanding research on the history of Bengali literature and received the Bangla Academy Literary Award, the Independence Award and the Ekushey Padak. He also won many international awards for his contributions to literature.

The books such as ‘Muslim Manash O Bangla Sahitya’, ‘Swaruper Sandhane’, ‘Purono Bangla Gadya’, ‘Bangali Nari: Sahitye O Samaje’, ‘Kal Nirabadhi’, and ‘Ihajagatikata O Anyanya’ by Prof Dr Anuisuzzman are considered seminal works by academics working on Bangla literature and language.

Meanwhile, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed their profound shock and sorrow at the death of Professor Anisuzzaman.

In a condolence message,  the President prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.

In a similar message, the Prime Minister also condoled the death of Professor Anisuzzaman and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

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