The council of advisers on Sunday (Dec 22) adopted a condolence motion on the death of Civil Aviation, Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff. The condolence motion was adopted at a special meeting of the council held at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) in Dhaka. Forest, Environment and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan placed the condolence motion at the meeting, which was adopted unanimously.
Speaking at the meeting, Rizwana said Hassan Ariff would be buried at Mirpur Martyrs' Intellectual Graveyard at 10:30 a.m. on Monday (Dec 23) next to the grave of Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman.
At the onset of the meeting, a minute-silence was observed in respect to the memory of Adviser Hassan Ariff.
Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and other advisers paid tribute to the late adviser.
The Chief Adviser said: "Today I am recalling many small utterances; he (Ariff) always reminded me - we are of the same age. He behaved naively like children."
He said if Hassan Ariff saw any conflict, he would have appeared to resolve it. "This wonderful man has left us," he added.
Govt declares one-day state mourning
The government on Sunday (Dec 22) declared a one-day state mourning tomorrow at the death of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff.
Hasan Ariff died of cardiac arrest on Friday (Dec 20).
On the day of mourning, the national flag will be hoisted at half-mast at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, educational institutions, all government and private buildings, and Bangladesh missions abroad, a Cabinet Division notification said.
Special prayers will be arranged at all mosques and other places of worship seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of the late adviser of the interim government.
