UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the demise of Language movement hero Abdul Matin. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said the first step for the independence of the country was taken through the great Language Movement.
“Abdul Matin was one of the fighters of that historic movement. His death is the end of a living history,” she said. The Prime Minister prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and expressed her sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
Abdul Matin died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on Tuesday after prolonged illness at the age of 88. Matin breathed his last at the ICU of the hospital around 9:00 am.
