Humayun Azad\\\'s 10th death anniv today

The 10th death anniversary of eminent writer, linguist and educationist Prof Dr Humayun Azad will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS.

Dr Azad served as a teacher of the Bangla Department of Dhaka University (DU) for a long time.

He was found dead in an apartment in Munich, Germany on August 12 in 2004.

He went there after getting a scholarship.

Earlier, a group of fundamentalists attacked Dr Azad and injured him severely in front of Atomic Energy Commission near Bangla Academy when he was returning from the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on February 27 in 2004.

Dr Azad had around 60 books to his credit. Dr Azad was born at Rarikhal village in Munshiganj on April 28 in 1947.