SYLHET: Eminent educationist and language hero professor Abul Basor passed away on Saturday morning.

He was 79.

The former principal of Sylhet Govt Women College breathed his last at around 9:00am in Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.

He had been admitted to the hospital for few days after a brain stroke.

Later on September 13, he was shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.

Madan-Mohan College Principal Professor Dr Abul Fateh Fattah told banglanews, “He will be buried at Manikpir Graveyard in afternoon after Namaz-e-Janaza at the Nayasarak Mosque.

The body will be kept at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar from 3:30pm to 4:00pm to pay tribute by people from all walks of life.

BDST: 1443 HRS, OCT 12, 2013
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