Intellectual writer and researcher Badruddin Umar. File photo

RANGPUR, Sept 7, 2025 (BSS) - Deeply saddened by the death of prominent 
writer, researcher, historian and intellectual Badruddin Umar, local leaders 
of Ganosamhati Andolon (GA) have said that he fought for the people's 
liberation throughout his life. 

Rangpur district convener of Ganosamhati Andolon Touhidur Rahman and member-
secretary Mufakhkharul Islam Moon expressed deep sorrow over the death of 
Badruddin Umar and deep condolences to his bereaved family, said a press 
release.

Paying humble tribute to his life and work, they said in the release that the 
death of Badruddin Umar (December 20, 1931-September 7, 2025) is an 
irreparable loss for the freedom-loving people of Bangladesh, the burden of 
which the people will have to bear. 

Badruddin Umar, one of the anti-fascist theorists in the history of 
Bangladesh and the architect of the path of mass uprising and the President 
of the National Liberation Council, first identified the politics of Awami 
League as fascist. 

The Ganosamhati Andolon leaders said that Badruddin Umar was a unique and 
ordinary character in the movement to establish the rights of the people of 
Bangladesh. 

He has repeatedly analyzed the course of history and guided the path of the 
people's struggle. 

Throughout his life, he has remained steadfast in progressive, democratic, 
and people-oriented political activities. Compromise was not in his 
dictionary. 

They said that Badruddin Umar, along with Sector Commander Colonel Kazi 
Nuruzzaman, took an active role in forming the Anti-Fascist Democratic 
Committee before 2000, by theorizing the political ideology of the Awami 
League as fascism. 

Badruddin Umar has made a very important contribution in identifying the 
politics of the Awami League as fascist. 

They said when the so-called progressive intellectuals wanted to keep 
themselves safe in the shadow of fascism, he spoke the truth fearlessly. 

 
He never subordinated the class struggle to the struggle against 
fundamentalism and indulged in the politics of division.