Rigon, who received the Friends of the Liberation War award, had been ill for some time, breathed his last at a hospital in Italy’s Vicenzo on Oct 20, 2017. His body will finally arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday, a year after his death, the Bangladesh foreign ministry said in a statement. He took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh by sheltering and taking care of injured freedom fighters during the 1971 war. He also translated a number of Bangla literary works, including Rabindranath Tagore's Geetanjali, mystic poet Lalon Shah’ songs, and Jasim Uddin's Nakshikanthar Math, to Italian. A Bangladeshi theatre troupe staged musical drama Nakshikanthar Math in Italy with his help in 1986.

Source: bd News24 October 20, 2018 11:48 UTC