Staff Reporter :
Barrister Mainul Hosein, Printer and Publisher of The New Nation and former Law, Information and Land Adviser of the Caretaker Government, was buried at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital on Sunday.
The burial took place at 4.00 pm after his third Namaz-e-Janaza at The New Nation office on R K Mission Road in the city.
Barrister Mainul, who was President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2000-2001 session, died at Evercare Hospital on Saturday evening while undergoing treatmentat the age of 83.
His first janaza was held at the Baridhara Jame Mosque and Islamic Centre in the city at 10.30 am on Sunday and the second one on the Supreme Court Bar Association premises after the Zohr prayers.
After the Janaza floral wreaths were placed on his coffin on behalf of the Chief Justice, Attorney General Office and Supreme Court Bar Association.
Floral wreaths were also placed on behalf of Mainul Hosein and Company, United Lawyers’ Forum, Barishal Divisional Association, Barishal Division Lawyers’ Association, The Daily Ittefaq, The New Nation and Mainul Hosein and Company Employees.
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, Appellate Division’s Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique, High Court Division’ Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Justice J B M Hassan, Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder, Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam attended the second Namaz-e-Janaza.
Former Minister and incumbent Member of Parliament Anwar Hossain Manju, senior jurist Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, former Attorney General A F Hassan Ariff, Additional Attorney General SM Munir, SCBA President Md Momtazuddin Fakir, former SCBA President Zainul Abedin, SCBA Secretary Abdun Nur Dulal, former SCBA Secretary Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan, among others, were also present in the second janaza.
During a short speech, Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan said, “When our Judiciary plunged into a crisis during the regime of H M Ershad and High Court Benches were installed at different places, then he (Barrister Mainul) made important contribution along with Barrister Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed and other senior lawyers in the 8th Amendment of Constitution case.”
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin said Barrister Mainul Hosein was a lawyer-friendly man.
He always stood by the lawyers in different crisis, added the Attorney General.
SCBA President Momtazuddin Fakir said Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah and his two sons, Barrister Mainul Hosein and Anwar Hossain Manju, have huge contribution to the nation.
Barrister Mainul played the vital role in the separation of the judiciary in the country, added the SCBA President.
He had been suffering from various health complications over the last one year and was undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital for the last several days.
Barrister Mainul Hosein, born in January in 1940, served as the Law, Information, and Land Adviser to the military-backed Caretaker Government of Bangladesh from January 2007 to January 2008.
