UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh Ambassador to Brazil and former Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes passed away in Brasilia, Brazil at 6 am (BST) on Saturday. He was 57.
He breathed his last in Brasilia Hospital at 9 pm
on Friday (Brazil time), a senior diplomat at the Embassy told UNB.He was earlier hospitalised in Brazil with respiratory problems and other complexities. Quayes also served as a Foreign Secretary in the ministry during 2009-12.
He is survived by wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his premature death. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Mijarul Quayes. In a condolence message, President Hamid said the nation has lost a career diplomat at his death. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also expressed profound shock at the death of Ambassador Quayes. Both the President and the Prime Minister prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed their deep sympathies to his bereaved family members.
The Brazilian government also condoled his death. “On behalf of the Brazilian Government, and myself, I would like to present my most sincere condolences to Ambassador Quayes’ family, his friends and to the Bangladeshi Government,” Brazilian Ambassador in Dhaka Wanja Campos da Nóbrega said in a message. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque also expressed deep shock at the sad demise of Quayes and conveyed their deep sympathies to his bereaved family members.
Terming him an outstanding human being, his colleagues said Quayes’ death is an irreplaceable loss to the nation. “We’ve lost one of the most meritorious, dexterous, literary and scholarly diplomats in Bangladesh foreign service. It’s really shocking and hard to accept his final departure and absence like this,” said one of his colleagues praying for salvation of his departed soul.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Brazil and former Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes passed away in Brasilia, Brazil at 6 am (BST) on Saturday. He was 57.
He breathed his last in Brasilia Hospital at 9 pm
on Friday (Brazil time), a senior diplomat at the Embassy told UNB.He was earlier hospitalised in Brazil with respiratory problems and other complexities. Quayes also served as a Foreign Secretary in the ministry during 2009-12.
He is survived by wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his premature death. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Mijarul Quayes. In a condolence message, President Hamid said the nation has lost a career diplomat at his death. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also expressed profound shock at the death of Ambassador Quayes. Both the President and the Prime Minister prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed their deep sympathies to his bereaved family members.
The Brazilian government also condoled his death. “On behalf of the Brazilian Government, and myself, I would like to present my most sincere condolences to Ambassador Quayes’ family, his friends and to the Bangladeshi Government,” Brazilian Ambassador in Dhaka Wanja Campos da Nóbrega said in a message. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque also expressed deep shock at the sad demise of Quayes and conveyed their deep sympathies to his bereaved family members.
Terming him an outstanding human being, his colleagues said Quayes’ death is an irreplaceable loss to the nation. “We’ve lost one of the most meritorious, dexterous, literary and scholarly diplomats in Bangladesh foreign service. It’s really shocking and hard to accept his final departure and absence like this,” said one of his colleagues praying for salvation of his departed soul.
