National Professor Dr Anisuzzaman has been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka with various ailments at about 2:00 p.m. on Saturday (May 9). He was admitted to the CMH, Dhaka at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime Minister's Special Assistant Biplob Barua confirmed the matter to the media.
The national professor has been suffering from heart problems and old age complications.
Anisuzzaman's son Ananda Zaman said his father's physical condition was not improved though it was not critical. He was shifted to the CMH in Dhaka at the directive of the Prime Minister. He talks with the physicians here normally. But, he is going through great difficulties.
He was admitted to the Universal Cardiac Hospital in the city on Apr 29 with various health complications. As his condition deteriorated, he was taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on May 2.
Dr Anisuzzaman is an eminent educator, writer and Emeritus Professor of Bangla language and literature department at Dhaka University.
Dr Anisuzzaman participated in the Language Movement, the 1969 mass upsurge and the Liberation War. After independence, he became a member of the National Education Commission with Kudrat-E-Khuda as its chief.
He has done outstanding research on the history of Bengali literature and received the Bangla Academy Literary Award, the Independence Award and the Ekushey Padak. He also won many international awards for his contributions to literature.
The books such as ‘Muslim Manash O Bangla Shahitya’, ‘Swaruper Sandhane’, ‘Purono Bangla Gadya’, ‘Bangali Nari: Shahitye O Shamaje’, ‘Kal Nirabadhi’, and ‘Ihajagatikata O Anyanya’ by Dr Anuisuzzman are considered seminal works by academics working on Bangla language and literature.
