The mortal remains of prominent Bangladeshi-British writer and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury arrived in Dhaka on Saturday. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Gaffar Chowdhury's body from London, where he died of a cardiac arrest, reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.05am, said additional SP of Airport Armed Police, Mohammad Ziaul Haque. His body will be kept at Central Shaheed Minar from 1pm to 3pm for the government to give a guard of honour and the people to pay their last tributes. His Namaz-e-Janaza will be held at Dhaka University Central Mosque at 3.30pm and then the mortal remains will be taken to Jatiya Press Club (JPC) for the journalists to pay homage at 4pm. READ: Gaffar Chowdhury to be laid to rest in Mirpur Saturday Gaffar Chowdhury will be buried at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur at 5.30pm. Gaffar Chowdhury went to London in 1974 for his wife's treatment, thanks to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On May 19, the veteran writer died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in London. He was 88. The Bangladeshi-British community and other admirers paid their last respects to Gaffar Chowdhury -- best known for writing the lyrics of "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano" -- following his first Namaz-e-Janaza held at London's Brick Lane mosque the next day.

The body of prominent writer and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury will arrive in Dhaka under the state management on Saturday. Departing from London's Heathrow Airport, a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Gaffar Chowdhury's body will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Saturday noon, said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem. Bangladesh High Commission in London has already completed the process of sending the body to Bangladesh under full state management at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she said. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury came to London in 1974 for the treatment of his wife with the overall support of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.    According to Gaffar Chowdhury's wishes, he will be buried beside his wife at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard. Arrangements have also been made to send Gaffar Chowdhury's family members to Dhaka by the same flight, she added. READ: Gaffar Chowdhury's body likely to arrive in Dhaka Monday On May 19, the veteran journalist died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in London at the age of 88. British-Bangladeshi community and other admirers paid their last respect to prominent writer and columnist Gaffar Chowdhury – best known for writing the lyrics of "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano" – following his first Namaz-e-Janaza held in London's Brick Lane mosque on the following day. Bangladesh High Commission in London organised a milad mahfil in East London in memory of the late journalist and lyricist. 

The body of prominent writer and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury – best known for writing the lyrics of "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano" – is likely to arrive in Dhaka Monday. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem said the body has been preserved at the Barnet Hospital in London where Gaffar Chowdhury,88, breathed his last Thursday. Read:Veteran journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury no more "After the completion of required procedures, we will try to send his body to Dhaka as soon as possible on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight next week," she added. According to Gaffar Chowdhury's wishes, he will be buried beside his wife at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard. His namaz-e-janaza will be held Friday after Jummah prayers at the Brick Lane Jamme Masjid in London. After that, Gaffar Chowdhury's body will be taken to Shaheed Altaf Ali Park where people from all walks of life will turn up to pay their last respects to him.