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Burial might not be at Nuhash Palli

Humayun's family considers 3 options; body arrives today

Staff Correspondent
Humayun Ahmed might not be buried at Nuhash Palli in Gazipur as his family now considers three other options.
The body of the
celebrated litterateur, who died in a New York hospital on Thursday, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today. Mahbubunnabi Sheikh, the writer's maternal uncle, told The Daily Star yesterday that Humayun's family was considering three places in the capital for his burial — Dhaka University campus, Banani Graveyard and Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard. "Humayun will not be buried at Nuhash Palli in Gazipur since the place is quite far for his family, friends and admirers to pay a visit. As Humayun is a very popular figure, the family does not want to make it difficult for people willing to see his last resting place," hesaid.
Humayun's mother Ayesha Fayz also does not want her son to be buried at Nuhash Palli, said Mahabunnabi, who is staying at her Pallabi residence in the capital.
Earlier, Sammilito Sanskritik Jote President Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu had said Humayun Ahmed would be buried at Nuhash Palli, which was a very favourite retreat for him.
Meanwhile, the family and friends of Humayun accompanying his body boarded an Emirates flight at John F Kennedy Airport in New York for home at 11:20pm (NY time) on Saturday.
Abdul M o m e n , Bangladesh permanent representative to the UN, Sabbir Ahmed Chowdhury, consul general, and hundreds of expatriate Bangladeshis were present at the airport.
The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:40am (BST) today.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes will receive the body on behalf of the government.
Humayun, who was also a famed filmmaker, died at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital in New York after a nine-month fight with colon cancer.
His wife Meher Afroz Shaon, two sons Nishad and Ninith, mother-in-law Tahura Ali, sister-in-law Senjuti Afroz and friend Mazharul Islam are accompanying the body.
From the airport, the body will be taken to the Central Shaheed Minar and kept there from 11:00am to 2:00pm for peopleofall walksoflife to pay last respect to him, said Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, younger brother of the renowned novelist.
Arrangements will be made there so that Ayesha Fayz can see her eldest son for the last time.
Humayun’s second namaz-e-janaza will be held at the National Eidgah at 2:30pm. Then he will be laid to rest wherever decided, Zafar Iqbal told this correspondent.
About his last days at hospital, Zafar Iqbal said, infection developed in his brother's lungs following his second surgery.
“It was very unfortunate for us,” he said.
Though, colon cancer was cited as the reason for his death, Zafar Iqbal said, he was recovering from cancer after the second surgery.
If he had survived, he would have recovered fully though the healing process could take time, he added.