Bangladesh’s
longest-serving finance minister M Saifur Rahman was buried on Monday afternoon
at the family graveyard at Baharmordan village in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar
after he died in a road accident on Saturday.
The veteran
BNP policymaker, credited with liberalizing the economy and presenting the
budget for unprecedented 12 occasions, was laid to eternal rest at 5:30pm after
a namaz-e-janaza at Moulvibazar Government High School ground.
The body
reached the school ground at 3:45pm after a namaz-ejanza at Shahi Eidgah ground
in Sylhet at around 12:50pm.
The
septuagenarian BNP leader passed his childhood playing in the school field.
Thousands of
people from the four districts in Sylhet division encircled the body to have a
last glimpse of man who singularly channelled scarce fund to develop the
infrastructures in the region.