Man who raised Bangladeshi flag first in Patuakhali passes away

News Headline ::

Salt-tolerant crops ‘transform’ lives of farmers in Khulna Hamas studying new Israeli truce proposal as mediators seek to revive talks India to export 99,150 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh, 5 other countries 37m tonnes of debris in Gaza could take years to clear: UN Sammam Junaid’s Raat Kate Nirghum hits YouTube Mushfiq reaction coats DPL in further sorry paint China’s EV execs bullish on Western pressure at Beijing car show New York returns 30 pillaged relics to Cambodia and Indonesia Primary schools across Bangladesh to resume classes from Sunday Ethiopian Airlines, Air China to start operation in Bangladesh from May: CAAB

Home

Barisal Division

Man who raised Bangladeshi flag first in Patuakhali passes away

Shawdesh Desk:

Freedom fighter Altaf Haider, who hoisted Bangladesh’s flag for the first time in Patuakhali district town on December 8, 1971, passed away on Tuesday night due to old age complications. He was 83.

He breathed his last at his residence at around 9:50 pm at Dewlia village in Mirjaganj upazila of Patualhali.

Altaf left behind his six daughters, two sons, a host of relatives and admirers to mourn his death.

Mirzganj Police Station OC MR Shawkat Anwar Islam confirmed the matter to media this morning.

He said the freedom fighter will be buried with state honors at the family graveyard following a namaz-e-janaja at the Pallimangal Secondary School ground in Dewlia village at 4:00 pm on Wednesday.

Haider was the sub-sector commander of Sector-9 during the War of Liberation.

He hoisted the flag at Alauddin Children’s Park in Patuakhali town on December 8, 1971, the day when Patuakhali was freed.