DHAKA, May 13, 2024 (BSS) – Heroic freedom fighter 
and leftist leader Haider Akbar Khan Rano, who was 
passed away early Friday, was laid to rest in the city’s 
Banani graveyard this noon. 

He was buried beside the graves of his father, mother and 
younger brother. 

Earlier, his namaj-e-janaza was held at the central mosque 
of Dhaka University. 

His body was taken to the central office of Communist 
Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at 10 am and party leaders-
workers paid their last respect. Later, his body was taken 
to the Central Shaheed Minar where he was given guard of 
honour. 

Adviser of CPB Haider Akbar Khan Rano, 81, breathed his 
last early Friday at the city’s Health and Hope Hospital 
where he was admitted on May 6 with lung complications.

The body was kept at the mortuary of Samarita Hospital as 
his grandchildren were abroad.