Body of ex-BGMEA vice-president Abdullah Hil Rakib to arrive in Dhaka Friday

The body of Abdullah Hil Rakib, Managing Director of Team Group and former Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), who died in Canada on Sunday, will arrive in Dhaka on Friday.

According to family sources, the body of Rakib will depart from Canada on Thursday (June 12) and is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:30 pm on Friday (June 13), said former BGMEA director and additional managing director of Denim Expert Limited, Mohiuddin Rubel.

Later, the body will then be taken directly to his residence in Banani, reports UNB.

Rakib’s first Namaz-e-Janaza will be held on Wednesday at Sunnat Jamaat Mosque in the Danforth area of Toronto, Canada, at 7 pm local time.

Besides, the second Namaz-e-Janaza of Rakib will be held at BGMEA Bhaban on June 14 (Saturday).

He will be buried at Banani Graveyard following 3rd namaz-e-janaza at Banani Mosque on Saturday (June 14).

Abdullah Hil Rakib and Captain Saifuz Zaman Guddu, a senior pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines died in an accident in Canada while boating in a lake on Sunday (June 8).

Leaders of BGMEA and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) expressed profound shock over the demise of Rakib.

In a condolence message BGMEA Administrator Anwar Hossain and newly elected President Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu and BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem said, Abdullah Hil Rakib was a dynamic entrepreneur and dedicated leader who made outstanding contributions to the development of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh.