Farewell to Gaffar Chowdhury
published: 2022-05-28 18:24:28
Bangladesh bids farewell to Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at Dhaka’s Central Shaheed Minar, where every year people pay tribute to the Language Movement martyrs using the song he penned – ‘Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano’. After his body arrived from London, it was brought to the Central Shaheed Minar for people from all walks of life to pay their respects on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was given a guard of honour as a freedom fighter at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Senior Awami League leaders pay tribute to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Representatives for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner pay their respects to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman pays tribute to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury pays tribute to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Brigadier General Kabir Ahmed, military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, pays tribute to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Maj Gen SM Salahuddin Islam presents his regards to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury on behalf of President Md Abdul Hamid at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was given a guard of honour as a freedom fighter at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury’s coffin is covered with flowers at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People pay their last respects to journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove