{"id":66819,"date":"2021-02-23T20:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=66819"},"modified":"2021-02-23T20:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:32:46","slug":"noted-columnist-syed-abul-maksud-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=66819","title":{"rendered":"Noted columnist Syed Abul Maksud passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-66820 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/200717-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1048\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/200717-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/200717-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/200717-696x420.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/200717.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/>Dhaka: Noted columnist, researcher and writer Syed Abul Maksud passed away in the capital on Tuesday. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He was taken to Square Hospitals Ltd after he lost consciousness following respiratory problems at his residence around 7pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, doctors declared Syed Abul Maksud dead after necessary tests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He left behind wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury expressed deep shock at the death of the noted columnist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In separate messages of condolence, they prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed their sympathy to the bereaved family members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader also condoled the demise of Syed Abul Maksud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Syed Abul Maksud was born on October 23, 1946 at Elachipur village in Shibalaya upazila of Manikganj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On completion of his study at Dhaka University, he started his career as a journalist with weekly Nabajug. Later, he joined weekly Janata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Syed Abul Maksud also worked at state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. He was the founding editor of the Daily Suprobhat Bangladesh published from Chattogram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He was widely recognised for his research work on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Buddhodeb Bose, Syed Waliullah and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Syed Abul Maksud, also a rights worker, wrote poetry books, including Bikel Bela and Dara Shikoh, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He was awarded the Bangla Academy Award in 1995 for his contributions to Bengali literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka: Noted columnist, researcher and writer Syed Abul Maksud passed away in the capital on Tuesday. He was 74. 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