Veteran journalist and trade union leader M Shahjahan Miah passed away at his Rampura residence yesterday, said family sources.

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Bulbul Mahalanobish and its founding organiser Ashfaqur Rahman Khan died yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of two valiant freedom fighters and voice soldiers from Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra – its celebrated singer Bulbul Mahalanobis and founding organiser Ashfaqur Rahman Khan

Today is the third death anniversary of Shajahan Siraj, one of the key organisers of the Liberation War in 1971.

Zebunnessa Salimullah, wife of freedom fighter Shaheed Salimullah, passed away at a private hospital in the capital yesterday. She was 96.

Today is the 28th death anniversary of Justice Muhammad Ansar Ali.

Inamul Aziz Chowdhury, son of former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, died due to cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at a city hospital on June 22.

The only living member of the legendary Bangla rock band Moheener Ghoraguli, Tapas Das, lovingly known as ‘Bapi Da’, passed away earlier yesterday.

Dr AKM Abdul Hakim, a nanotech-nology scientist, passed away yesterday. 

Arshad Waliur Rahman, a member of the board of directors of Transcom Group, passed away at his residence in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday morning.

Arshad Waliur Rahman, member of the board of directors of Transcom Group, died this morning. He was 58.

Patuakhali’s Baufal Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Al-Amin has been laid to rest at his village home in Chunakhali village of Barguna’s Amtali Upazila.

He was more of a fictional character than a real person. Most of our countrymen never saw him; they only heard stories about him.

Serajul Alam Khan, one of the key organisers of the Liberation War, died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital this afternoon.

Sabira Rouf, mother of Dr Eaysmin Ara Lekha, vice-chancellor of Uttara University, passed away on June 7. She was 86.

Sayed Safikun Nabi, a freedom fighter and one of the 11 protagonists of the country’s first feature film on the Liberation War titled “Ora Egaro Jon”, died of heart attack at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital on Sunday. He was 79.

Asaduzzaman Khan, former president of the Rotary Club of Dhaka Central, passed away on Sunday due to heart failure.

Jatiya Sangsad yesterday adopted a condolence motion expressing grief over the deaths of some distinguished personalities, including ruling party lawmaker, actor and freedom fighter Akbar Hossain Pathan (Farooque).

Pyari Begum, renowned actress and the female lead of the first ever Bangla feature film produced here, “Mukh O Mukhosh”, breathed her last yesterday at her Uttara residence.

Today is the third death anniversary of Imamul Kabir Shanto, founder chairman of Shanto-Mariam Foundation, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology and Sundarban Courier Service (Pvt) Ltd.