BSS :
Hundreds of people today joined namaj-e-janaza of Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, eminent journalist and 1971 veteran Ihsanul Karim Helal on the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) premises this morning a day after he breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
Police bugles played the last post as a smart police contingent offered him an honour guard as a valiant freedom fighter while senior government officials along with several hundred journalist colleagues, admirers, relatives and family members witnessed the ceremony ahead of his Janaza.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district Anisur Rahman led the ceremony while Foreign Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr. Hasan Mahmud, AL Presidium Member Dr Abdur Razzaque, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Whip and AL Organizing Secretary Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, Dhaka South City Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Major General Kabir Ahammad, Chairman of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Board of Directors Martuza Ahmed, BSS Managing Director and Chief Editor and Prime Minister’s former Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad, Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Prime Minister’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam, President of BFUJ- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists Omar Faruque, former BFUJ President Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, former JPC President Saiful Alam, JPC President Farida Yasmin, MP, and General Secretary Shyamal Dutta, Sajjadul Hasan, MP, Bangladesh Pratidin Editor Naem Nizam, Director Generals and press wing officials of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and other senior journalists as well as senior government officials were present on the occasion.
After performing the namaj-e-janaza and other Islamic burial rituals, on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Military Secretary Major General Kabir Ahammad, on behalf of PMO, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, on behalf of AL, its Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, on behalf of PMO Press Wing, PM’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam, on behalf of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, his Personal Secretary Md Tofazzal Hossain paid rich tributes to Karim by placing wreaths on his coffin.
