Former Supreme Court judge and Language Movement activist Kazi Ebadul Hoque passed away due to age-related ailments at a city hospital on Thursday night. He was 82. Ebadul Hoque is survived by his wife and four daughters. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddiqui and Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday expressed their condolences at the demise of the former judge of the Appellate Division. They also prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed their deepest sympathies for the bereaved family. Ebadul Hoque was born on January 1, 1936, in Feni. He played an active role in organising the Language Movement to establish Bangla as an official language of then East Pakistan in Feni town. He entered the legal profession in Feni after obtaining a law degree from the coveted Dhaka University. He enrolled as an advocate in High Court in Dhaka in 1966. Read: Rain may provide respite from searing heat in 24 hours Ebadul Hoque became a judge in the High Court Division in 1990 and set himself apart by writing judgments in Bangla. After 10 years in the High Court Division, he was appointed to the Appellate Division. But he retired from the bench after a year. Ebadul Hoque was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 for his contribution to the Language Movement. His daughter, Kazi Zinat Hoque, is a judge in the High Court Division of Supreme Court.

Ekushey Padak winning Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday (April 11, 2021), after losing her battle with Covid-19. She was 59. The singer breathed her last at 6:20 am. According to her family sources, Haque tested positive for Covid-19 on March 25 and was admitted to Bangladesh Specialized Hospital on March 31. Also read: Noted singer Jane Alam passes away However, she tested negative a few days later and returned home from the hospital. On Saturday night, her blood pressure fell down and she was rushed to the hospital again where doctors informed that she had suffered a heart attack. She was then kept on ventilation before eventually losing her battle with illness. Haque was also suffering from kidney disease and used to undergo dialysis on a regular basis. Her body will be taken to Chhayanaut at 11 am where her colleagues, students and admirers will pay last respect to the Rabindra Sangeet legend. Also Read: Singer Andrew Kishore passes away She will be buried at the family graveyard at her ancestral home in Manohariya of Keraniganj, according to her family sources. Born into a musical family on September 6, 1962, the noted artiste received her musical training from maestros including her paternal uncle and late musicologist Waheedul Haq, current Chhayanaut president Sanjida Khatun and musician Ustad Mohammad Hossain Khan, to name a few. She had been a regular performer in the Bangladesh Television  and radio since 1977. Read Sylhet-3 MP Mahmud Samad laid to rest Besides her esteemed singing career, Mita Haque was the founder director and teacher of her music school Shurotirtha. She  served as the head of the Department of Rabindra Sangeet at Chhayanaut, Dhaka and also as the former general secretary and incumbent vice-president of the Rabindra Sangeet Shommelon Parishad. For her remarkable contribution in the music industry, she was conferred with Ekushey Padak in 2020 and the Rabindra Puraskar from Bangla Academy in 2017. Mita Haque was married to renowned actor Khaled Khan who died in 2013. Read Journalist Afzal Mohammad dies of COVID-19

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