Former JU VC Mustahidur laid to rest

Professor Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman, a former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) who died of Covid-19, was laid to rest on Saturday, reports UNB.

He was buried at Banani Graveyard around 2pm after his second namaz-e-janaza on JU campus, said his daughter Tasmina Rahman, a Pharmacy department Professor of the same university. The ex-JU VC's first namaz-e-janaza was held on the premises of Aminbagh Jam-e-Mosque in the city's Shantinagar on Friday.

Mustahidur died around 3:30pm while undergoing treatment at a city hospital in the capital on Friday.

He left behind his wife, a son, two daughters and a host of relatives to mourn his death.