DHAKA, June 12, 2023 (BSS) - Awami League's Dhaka City South unit Senior Adviser Abdul Haque Sobuj was laid to eternal rest at his village home in Madaripur after Johr prayers today.

"My father has been laid to rest at our ancestral graveyard at Kalai Sardarer Char village under Purba Enayet Nagar union at Kalkini upazila in Madaripur after Johr prayers following his namaj-e-janaza here," Sobuj's second son Shohel Newaz told BSS over phone.

Leaders and workers of AL's Madaripur district and Kalkini upazila units and distinguished personalities of the locality joined his janaza there.

Earlier, his first namaz-e-janaza was held at a Shanir Akhra mosque in the capital's Jatrabari area adjacent to his residence.

Abdul Haque Sobuj died of kidney ailments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital here at 11 pm on Sunday at the age of 68.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Dhaka South City Awami League's Senior Advisor Abdul Haque Sobuj.

In a condolence message today, the premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.

Sobuj left behind three sons, three daughters and a host of relatives, friends, admirers and political fellows to mourn his death. His wife Feroza Begum died on October 29 in 2015.
 
He was admitted to the BSMMU on June 8 with kidney ailments and shifted to the ICU today as his physical conditions deteriorated.
 
Sobuj was elected as Vice President (VP) of Habibullah Bahar College Central Students' Union twice.
 
He also served as joint general secretary of the undivided Dhaka city unit of AL.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Abdul Haque Sobuj, father of Asraful Huq, a special correspondent of BSS.
 
He prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to bereaved family members.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Managing Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad also mourned the death of Abdul Haque Sobuj.

He prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to bereaved family members.

Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) and Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) also expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of journalist Asraful Huq's father Abdul Haque Sobuj.
 
In separate condolence messages, DUJ President Sohel Haider Chowdhury and General Secretary Akter Hossain, DRU President Mursalin Nomani and General Secretary Mynul Hasan Sohel, CRAB President Mirza Mehedy Tomal and General Secretary Mamunur Rashid prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.