Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Mass-uprising warrior and national electoral candidate martyr Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was laid to eternal rest beside National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam following mass funeral in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, amid a renewed pledge for building an equitable Bangladesh.

His janaza was held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament Building at around 2.30 pm with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people from different walks of life in an unprecedented crowd for such a ritual.

*Hadi, you are not lost --you are alive in all of our hearts," said interim government Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, who attended the janaza, in his pre-funeral speech.

Hadi's elder brother Abu Bakr Siddique led the prayers, a...