Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- At the Boro Deshwari Kali Temple and crematorium in Dhaka's Sabujbagh, as family and friends gathered for a final glimpse of veteran journalist and columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, his wife Shefali and other relatives wept inconsolably.

His cremation rituals began around 6:15pm on Saturday and ran until 8:30pm.

A large number of people gathered at the crematorium on Saturday evening to bid a final farewell to Bibhuranjan, who had left home for his office only to return as a corpse.

Kazi Sajjad Zahir Chandan, a presidium member of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Khan Asaduzzaman Masum, president of the Jubo Union, Bahauddin Shuvo, general secretary of the Student Union, and many others paid their respects with wr...