Professor-Abul-Kashem-Fazlul-Haq

When a great banyan tree falls, the surroundings do not erupt in lamentation; rather, a profound and hushed stillness takes over. Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq was that name of silent wisdom who, for four long decades, sharpened our fading intellectual faculties. When the news of his passing reached my ears today, it felt as if a vast living archive of time had suddenly burned to ashes. He was not merely a professor or an essayist; he was that "saviour" of our national life—whenever the black...

Professor Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq, president of the Bangla Academy, saw a court deliver a verdict in the murder case of his only son, Faisal Arefin Dipan. But he did not live to see the verdict implemented. He died on Sunday afternoon at a hospital in Mirpur, Dhaka. He was 86. Dipan was murdered on October 31, 2015, at the office of Jagriti Prokashani on the third floor of Aziz Cooperative Super Market in the capital. Devastated by the loss of his son, Professor Haq expressed his grief...

Scholar, political thinker, and academic Professor Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq has passed away. He died this afternoon, Sunday, after suffering cardiac arrest. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq served as president of the Bangla Academy. Professor Mohammad Azam, director general of the Bangla Academy, confirmed his death to Agamir Somoy. “He fell ill this afternoon and was taken to a hospital in Mirpur. He breathed his last sometime between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm. We are heading to Sir’s residence from the...