Ravisankar Maitree, a Bangladeshi cultural activist in Paris, confirmed the news of Father Rigon's death in a Facebook video. Citing Father Rigon's niece Martha Alessandro Janine, Maitree said the priest breathed his last while undergoing treatment in Italy's Vicenza on Friday evening. Born on Jan 5, 1925 at Villaverla in Italy, Father Rigon came to Bangladesh in 1953 and stayed at Haldibunia village of Mongla for a long time. Father Rigon established a Rabindra study centre in Italy in 1990. A Bangladeshi theatre troupe staged musical drama Nakshikanthar Math in Italy with his help in 1986.

Source: bd News24 October 20, 2017 20:37 UTC