Tributes paid to eminent cultural personality Mustafa Monwar
Mustafa Monwar is known as the "Puppet Man of Bangladesh".
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People from all walks of life bid a farewell to renowned cultural personality and artist Mustafa Monwar when his body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital today (30 June).
After people paid their last respects, he was accorded a guard of honour at 12:45pm.
Representatives of the state, cultural organisations, artists, writers and theatre personalities gathered there to pay their respects.
Later, his body was then taken to the Central Mosque of the University of Dhaka for a Namaz-e-Janaza.
Following final tributes at the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Channel i premises he will be laid to rest at Banani Graveyard.
Eminent artist and cultural personality Mustafa Monwar passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on yesterday (29 June). He was 90.
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