People to pay tribute to Dr Zafrullah at Shaheed Minar on Thursday
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People from all walks of life will pay tribute to late Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday morning.
The body of the freedom fighter will be taken to the Central Shaheed Minar at 10 am on Thursday, reports UNB.
Altafunnessa Maya, chairman of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, gave the information at a press conference at Dhanmondi Gonoshasthaya Kendra Hospital on Wednesday.
The freedom fighter will be given guard of honour by the state on the premises of Central Shaheed Minar and then his first namaz-e-janaza will be held at Suhrawardy Uddyan in the city around 2:30 pm, he said.
Currently, Dr. Zafrullah's body is kept in the cold storage of Birdem Hospital.
His body will be taken to Savar's Gono Bishwabidyalay’s campus at 10:00 am on Friday.
After Jum’a prayers, the second namaz-e-janaza will be held on the university campus.
It was informed that the decision about rest activities of his burial will be taken soon.
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 82.