DHAKA: The National Mausoleum-famed architect Syed Mainul Hossain’s body has been taken to the Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday so that people from all walks of life can pay homage to him.

His body was taken to the Shaheed Minar at 11:20am. Sommilito Sanskritik Jote has organised the program.

Earlier on Monday (November 10), Mainul Hossain passed away at a city hospital. He was 62.

He was suffering from several diseases for a long time and passing his days in isolation.

Born on May 5 in 1952 in Dampara village in Munsiganj, the architect had earned fame in designing the National Mausoleum in Savar.

Mainul had also designed Uttara Model Town in city, IRDP Bhaban in city’s Karwan Bazar area, Vocational Teachers Training Institute and Vocational Training Institute, Bangladesh Bar Council building and Chittagong Export Processing Zone.

Besides, he also designed a good number of government and non-government buildings.

Different organizations expressed their profound shock in the departure of the eminent architect.

BDST: 1249 HRS, NOV 12, 2014