MYMENSINGH, Dec 6, 2021 (BSS) - The fifth death anniversary of former students' leader, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina's special assistant and poet Mahbubul Hoque Shakil was observed through daylong programmes in the district today.
The programmes included a discussion on the life and work of Shakil, a doa mahfl and placing of wreaths at his grave at Bhatikashar Municipality Graveyard in Mymensingh.
Father of Shakil and President of district Awami League Advocate Jahirul Haque, General Secretary Advocate Muazzem Hossen Babul, Vice-President Momtaz Uddin, Joint Secretaries Kazi Azad Jahan Shamim and Advocate Nuruzzaman Khokan addressed the discussion, among others.
On December 6 in 2016, Shakil, son of Jahirul Hoque Khoka, Mymensingh district unit president of AL, breathed his last in Dhaka at the age of 47.
A popular face among youths and in student politics, Sakil was a good organiser.
He was also a former senior vice president and organising secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
