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Veteran jurist and former Advisor to the Caretaker Government Barrister Mainul Hosein was buried at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital on Sunday.
The burial took place at 4.00 pm after his third namaz-e-janaza at The New Nation office at R K Mission Road in the city.
Barrister Mainul, who was elected President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 200-2001 session, died at Evercare Hospital while undergoing treatment on Saturday evening at the age of 83.
His first janaza was held at the Baridhara Jame Mosque and Islamic Centre in the city at 10.30 am on Sunday and the second one on the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) premises after the Zuhr prayers on Sunday.
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan on Sunday after consultation with the other judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court suspended half-day proceedings of the both the divisions of the highest court on Sunday in honour of Barrister Mainul Hosein.
In the morning, a five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice announced that the apex court will not continue proceedings of its second-half session from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm.
Obaidul Hassan made another announcement before a namaz-e-janaza that was held at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) premises after the Zuhr prayers on Sunday saying that the High Court benches will also not hold proceedings of their second-half session from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.
After the namaz-e-janaza at the SCBA premises, floral wreaths had been placed on his coffin on behalf of the Chief Justice, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), and many other organisations.
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, Appellate Division’s Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique, High Court Division’ Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Justice J B M Hassan, Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder, Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam attended the second namaz-e-janaza.
Former Minister and incumbent Member of Parliament Anwar Hossain Manju, senior jurist Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, former Attorney General A F Hassan Ariff, Additional Attorney General SM Munir, SCBA President Md Momtazuddin Fakir, former SCBA President Zainul Abedin, SCBA Secretary Abdun Nur Dulal, former SCBA Secretary Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan, among others, were also present in the second janaza.
He had been suffering from various health complications over the last one year and was undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital for the last several days.
Barrister Mainul Hosein, born in January in 1940, served as the law, information, and land Advisor to the military-backed Caretaker Government of Bangladesh from January 2007 to January 2008. Barrister Mainul was born to famous journalist and politician Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah.