City Desk :
Dr Mohammed Shafi, a retired professor of Dhaka University’s Fisheries department, died at a city hospital in the city. He was 85.
“The professor breathed his last recently at a city hospital around 1am at a private hospital after suffering from old age complications and post Covid-19 effects,” Chairman of Fisheries Department Dr Md Monirul Islam told media.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
The first namaj-e-janaza of the professor was held at the premises of the university’s fisheries department around 10:30 am on Wednesday.
Later, he was taken to Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard where he laid to eternal rest after second namaz-e-janaza on a mosque premises adjacent to the graveyard.
Meanwhile, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of the retired professor and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and expressed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
