BALID Chairman and librarian of Islamic University of Technology (IUT) in Gazipur Dr Mirza Mohd Rezaul Islam was laid to eternal rest after Esha prayers at a graveyard in city’s Mirpur area on Friday.
Islam, who was undergoing treatment at the intensive-care unit (ICU) of an Uttara hospital in the city, breathed his last at 12:10 pm on Friday. He was 60.
On March 11, he was admitted to the hospital after he suffered a massive stroke. He is survived by his wife, two sons, well-wishers and a host of admirers, reports BSS.
His first namaj-e-janaza was held at Dhaka University central mosque after Jumma prayers followed by the second one at Mirpur.
Dr Omar Jah, acting vice-chancellor of IUT, a subsidiary organ of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID) leaders, professionals of library science and colleagues attended the janaza at DU mosque.
