Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan has suspended half of the judicial
functions at the Supreme Court's Appellate Division on Sunday in honour
of senior lawyer of the Supreme Court Barrister Mainul Hosein.
As per the decision, the judicial proceedings will remain closed from 11am-1:15pm.
Barrister
Mainul Hosein, also former adviser to the Caretaker Government,
breathed his last at Evercare Hospital in the capital at 6pm on
Saturday (December 9).
He had long been suffering from cancer.
He left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Barrister
Mainul Hosein's first namaj-e-janaza held at Baridhara Jame Mosque at
10:30am and the second one will be held on Supreme Court premises after
Zohr prayer.
Then he will be buried beside his parents' graves at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital.
Barrister
Mainul served as the Law, Information, Housing and Public Works
and Land advisor to the caretaker government led by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmad.
He also served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association
(SCBA).
He was the publisher of The New Nation. Besides, he was the former Chairman of the Editorial Board of The Daily Ittefaq.
Mainul
Hosein was born to journalist Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia. He earned his
Bachelor's in Political Science from the University of Dhaka in 1961.
He joined Middle Temple to study law. He was called to the Bar in 1965
and became a Barrister-at-Law.