Annisul Huq’s janaza in Dhaka tomorrow

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq’s second namaz-e-janaza is scheduled to be held at Army Stadium in Dhaka after Asr prayers tomorrow.

Later, Annisul will be laid to eternal rest at the Banani graveyard, ASM Mamun public relations officer of the DNCC told The Daily Star this afternoon.

His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Regent Park Central mosque in London after Juma today. His body will be brought to Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 11:30am tomorrow.

And then, the body will be kept at his Banani residence so that family members, relatives, well-wishers and dear and near ones can paid their last respect to the departed soul, relative source said.

From here, the body will be taken at Army Stadium around 3:00pm where high government officials, politically renowned personnel, socio-cultural activists and people from different walks of life are expected to pay their last respect to the departed soul.

Annisul lost the battle for life in a London hospital last night, after nearly three months' treatment there. He breathed his last at 10:23pm Bangladesh time at Wellington Hospital. He was 65.

Suffering from neurological problems (dizziness and a lack of balance) for the last several months, he was first admitted to the National Neuroscience Hospital in central London on August 13. Subsequently, he was diagnosed with cerebral vasculitis.