Published: 12:11 AM, 14 April 2026 Last Update: 12:52 AM, 14 April 2026
Barrister Shafique Ahmed laid to eternal rest
People belonging to different professional backgrounds pay tributes to former Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Monday afternoon. -Mostafizur Rahman, AA
Former Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed was laid to eternal rest at Azimpur Graveyard on Monday afternoon.
Earlier, the body of this prominent lawyer was taken to Central Shaheed Minar at around 3 pm and kept there so that people from all walks of life could pay homage to him.
The namz-e-janaza of former Barrister Shafique Ahmed was held at the Supreme Court premises yesterday. The namaz-e-janaza took place at the Inner Garden of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh at 2pm, led by Maulana Mufti Abu Zafar, imam of the Supreme Court Bar Association mosque.
Leaders and members of the legal community, flowing across political affiliations, attended the janaza. Among them were Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, judges of the Appellate Division and High Court Division, Attorney General Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal, the deceased's son Barrister Mahbub Shafique, leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association, the registrar general, and lawyers of the apex court.
Floral tributes were paid to the deceased following the funeral prayer.
Barrister Shafique Ahmed, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died at around 6 pm on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical Hospital in the capital. He was 88. He had been admitted to hospital on April 11 with liver complications.
Shafique Ahmed served as a technocrat law minister during the Awami League government from 2009 to 2014. He also held key positions as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and vice chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council. Barrister Shafique Ahmed gave effective legal advice in various cases to a good number of news outlets during his decorated professional career and he all his life upheld the principles of freedom of press.
>>Saiful Alam, AA
