Zakeria Khan Majlis, former head of Lloyds Register Bangladesh, passed away on Wednesday.

Md Mujibur Rahman, father of Jatiya Press Club and Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) permanent member and special reporter, MA Bakir, passed away on July 10

Freedom Fighter and renowned engineer Abu Abdullah Jahangir passed away on Wednesday night at a London hospital.

Nyma Nargis, executive director of Institute of Communi-cations Studies, died of brain stroke on Tuesday at LabAid Hospital. She was 44.

Eminent archaeologist, historian and art expert Prof Enamul Haque died at his home in the capital on Sunday.

Prominent archaeologist, historian, art expert and former Director General of Bangladesh National Museum Prof Dr Enamul Haque is no more.

“Hayre Manush, Rongin Fanush, Dom Furalei Thush”.

Freedom fighter Abu Musa Chowdhury passed away at his village home in Haidchakia village of Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila around 2:30am yesterday.

“All these years, the love that I have received from fans and fellow artistes is unparalleled. I feel proud and emotional when my co-actors call me Maa,” Sharmili Ahmed had said in her last interview with The Daily Star in May.

Veteran director Padma Shri Tarun Majumdar, known for making popular films based on finely-woven tales of human relationships in the lives of rural and urban middle-class families, passed away in a hospital in South Kolkata yesterday.

Today is the 27th death anniversary of Justice Muhammad Ansar Ali.

Today is the first death anniversary of noted lyricist Fazal-e-Khuda, best known for the legendary song, “Salam Salam Hajar Salam”.

Former chair-person of the UN Com-mittee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), economist and women’s rights activist Salma Khan passed away at the age of 80.

Today is the second death anniversary of Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, a well-known and highly respected business house in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League president Nirmal Ranjan Guha passed away yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore.

Today is the eighth anniversary of poet Abul Hussain.

Dr Momtaz Begum, vice chairman of Premier Group and Sheikh Hasina University of Science and Technology Board of Trustees, breathed her last at a Singapore hospital yesterday.

Today is the 11th death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, a pioneer of the movement for promotion of classical music in the country, said a press release.

Golam Faruque, senior member of Dhaka Theatre and proprietor of Adbest International, breathed his last at Birdem Hospital on Friday.

Former secretary, diplomat, and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed passed away yesterday at his Uttara home in Dhaka after a prolonged illness.