Shamsur Rahman no more

Shamsur Rahman, the most popular Bangla contemporary poet, has gone leaving the whole nation in a deep shock after longtime fighting with diseases. The eminent poet breathed his last at 6:30pm of 17 August, 2006 at Bangabandhu Medical University Hospital.The poet's body will be kept at the Central Shaheed Minar from 10:30am to 12:30pm for people to pay tribute. After his namaz-e-janaza at Dhaka University central mosque Later, the poet will be laid to rest at the Banani graveyard beside his mother's grave.
Shamsur Rahman was born on October 23, 1929 at Mahuttuli in Dhaka. Since 18 years old he wrote 100 books in his 77 years life. He studied English literature at Dhaka University and had a long career as a journalist and was the editor of the now defunct Dainik Bangla and weekly Bichitra. Rahman won numerous awards including the Ekushey Padak, Bangla Academy and Swadhinata Award. Poet Shamsur Rahman has earned a permanent place in Bangla poetry and will be remembered forever.