, Oct. 11 -- Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Saturday paid homage to the late eminent writer, essayist, and distinguished educationist Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam, a Bangla Academy awardee and Emeritus Professor of the English Department at Dhaka University.

A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Central Shaheed Minar at 11 am, where the Academy's Secretary, Mohammad Wares Hossain, offered floral tributes. Officers and staff of the Academy were also present.

Earlier, the Academy's Director General, Sheikh Rezauddin Ahmed, popularly known as poet Rezauddin Stalin, attended the namaz-e-janaza at Dhaka University Central Mosque.

Expressing deep sorrow over Professor Islam's demise, Sheikh Rezauddin Ahmed conveyed heartfelt con...