Dhaka, July 6 -- The coffin of eminent writer, researcher, academic and president of the Bangla Academy, Professor Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq, was brought to Dhaka University campus on Monday for a final farewell.

At around 12:00 pm, his coffin was placed before Aparajeyo Bangla, beside the university's Faculty of Arts building, where teachers, students, colleagues, representatives from various organizations, paid their last respects.

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Earlier in the day, at around 11:00 am, his body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital, where people from all walks of life gathered to pay tribute before it was brought to the Dhaka University campus.

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