Fourth death anniversary of Bazlur Rahman today
Today is the fourth death anniversary of Bazlur Rahman, one of the country's most eminent journalists, freedom fighter, and editor of the daily Sangbad. On the occasion, different organisations have taken up various programmes. His family, the daily Sangbad, Bazlur Rahman Foundation, and other organisations will place wreaths at his grave at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at 9:30am. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, wife of Bazlur Rahman, will hand over a cheque for Tk 1 lakh to the authorities of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP). Bazlur Rahman died in 2008 at the age of 67. He graduated in economics from Dhaka University and earned acclaim for writing articles on economy and different issues. Bazlur Rahman was born to Abdur Rahman and Raisunnesa in Char Niamat village of Fulpur upazila, Mymensingh on August 3, 1941. He spent a significant period of time working for Bangla newspaper Ekota. He actively participated in the six-point programme, the 1969 mass uprising, the 1971 War of Liberation, movement against the military regime after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the autocratic regime of HM Ershad.
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