Eminent litterateur, Syed Haq was hugely popular for his essays, novels, poetry, film screenplay, songs and plays. On Sept 10, Hasina went to meet him at the United Hospital in Dhaka, when she promised to foot the medical expenses for the polymath writer. He had so much will power," the prime minister said. In her condolence message the prime minister had said: "Bengaliness, Bangladesh and the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were a 'uniform entity' to Syed Haq. His literary works, including countless poems, essays sand songs, will show the Bengali nation the path in the future, she added.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2016 08:03 UTC