Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Deputy Speaker Advocate Fazle Rabbi Miah was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard at Gutia village under Saghata Upazila in Gaibandha on Monday afternoon.
Earlier, his second namaz-e-janaza was held on Bharatkhali High School ground in Gaibandha around 3.20 pm.
People from all walks of life including political leaders and workers, government officials and social workers joined the janaza and paid their last respects to Fazle Rabbi Mian, who was a member of parliament from this area to death, reports BSS.
Hafez Roknuzzaman Swapon, the nephew of Fazle Rabbi, conducted the namaz-e-janaza.
Awami League Presidium member Shajahan Khan, Engineer Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, Gaibandha district AL general secretary Abu Bakar Siddique, Vice-President Farhad Abdullah Harun Bablu, Saghata Upazila chairman Zahangir Kabir, Fulchhari Upazila chairman GM Selim Parvez, Saghata Upazila AL President Shamsul Arefin, among others, addressed it.
Rabbi Miah's son-in-law Justice Khorshed Alam Sarker moderated the meeting.
Principal Farhad Rabbi, younger brother of Fazle Rabbi, requested all to pray for eternal peace of the departed soul. JS Whip Mahabub Ara Begum Gini was also present there.
A contingent of police led by Gaibandha district magistrate Oliur Rahman and superintendent of police Tawhidul Islam gave a guard of honour to Fazle Rabbi, also a valiant freedom fighter, paying respect to his role in the 1971 Liberation War.
Later, his body was taken to the village home at Gatia where his third namaz-e-janaza was held.
After that, he was buried at his family graveyard around 5 pm following a full of state honour.
Rabbi passed away at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, the USA at 2 am on Saturday (Bangladesh time) while he was undergoing treatment there.
A plane EK-582 carrying his body landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday morning.
Then the body was taken to Jatiya Eidgah Maidan adjacent to Bangladesh Supreme Court where he practised for several years.
On Eidgah Maidan, lawmakers, colleagues of the court, Gaibandha people living in Dhaka and well-wishers paid tribute to him by placing wreaths on his coffin.
Later, the body was flown to Bonarpara of Saghata Upazila.
