Syed Ashraf's body flown home from Bangkok
Burial at Banani today
Sunday, 6 January 2019
The body of Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of the Awami League, who died in a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, was brought back home, reports bdnews24.com.
A Biman Bangladesh flight carrying the body reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 6:15pm on Saturday.
His brother Syed Shafayet Islam received the body at the airport.
From the airport, the body was taken to his government residence on Bailey Road. Later, the mortal remains were taken to the mortuary of the Combined Military Hospital.
The first prayer session for Syed Ashraf will be held at the Sangsad Bhaban's south plaza around 10.00am today (Sunday).
The second prayer session will be held at the Kishoreganj's old stadium at 12.00pm and the third at the Anjuman Eidgah in Mymensingh at 2.00pm. Ashraf will be buried at the Banani Graveyard today (Sunday).
Ashraf died at the Bumrungrad Hospital on Thursday after battling lung cancer for a long time.