President, PM mourn death of Syed Shamsul Haq
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have condoled the death of eminent writer Syed Shamsul Haq.
Bangla Academy, Ekushey Padak and Swadhinata Padak Award- winning writer breathed his last at the capital’s United Hospital around 5:30pm on Tuesday.
In a condolence massage, Sheikh Hasina termed the demise as irreparable loss to the country’s literary arena.
The father of the nation, Bengalis and Bangladesh were one to Syed Haq, the PM said.
In his literary works, people have been shown the path to build a secular Bangladesh upholding spirit of the Liberation War, Hasina added.