UNB, Dhaka:
Major (retd) MA Malek Chowdhury passed away on Monday. He was 78. Chowdhury, who had long been suffering from cardiac and old-age complications, breathed his last at 12:35pm while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, said Julhas Alam, his son-in-law and Bangladesh bureau chief of the Associated Press (AP).
He left behind his wife, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Chowdhury was buried at Banani Military Graveyard. His namaz-e-janaza was held at Dhaka CMH Jam-e-Mosque after Asr prayers.
A team from the Bangladesh Army gave him a guard of honour.
Hailing from Gaibandha, Chowdhury joined Pakistan Army on September 19, 1968 and later joined the Bangladesh Army in 1973 after the independence of the country.
He performed various important duties as a member of the Bangladesh Army and led several successful operations against various anti-national activities along the border of the greater Mymensingh area.
Besides, Chowdhury played an important role in the Bangladesh Border Guard Force at that time in establishing peace and preventing smuggling along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox’s Bazar area.
