People from all walks of life thronged the central Shaheed Minar on Tuesday to pay tributes to noted Dhaka University Professor Ajoy Roy.
The body of Prof Roy was kept at the Shaheed Minar from 11:20 am to 12:35 pm where people and different organisations paid respect by placing wreaths.
From Shaheed Minar, his body will be taken to Birdem Hospital as he donated his body to the hospital before death, said his younger son Anujit Roy.
Prof Ajoy Roy, father of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy, died at Birdem Hospital in the city on Monday at the age of 85.
Roy was admitted to the hospital with fever and breathing problem on November 25 and breathed his last at 12:35 pm at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
Roy was founder and president of the ShishkaAndolan Mancha (Platform For Education-Movement) and chairman of Shamriti Mancha (Platform for peace-harmony-tranquility).
He was also editor in chief of Muktanwesa magazine, a Bengali publication for promoting freethinking and secular humanism and member of advisory board of the Mukto-Mona, an internet forum of freethinkers, atheists.
In 2012, he received Ekushey Padak, the highest civilian award of Bangladesh.