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BSS, Moulvibazar

Mofiz Ali, noted trade union leader of tea gardens and language veteran, died of brain haemorrhage at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Friday. He was 82, family sources said. Mofiz Ali is survived by two sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

He was buried at his family graveyard at Dupatila village under Kamalganj Upazila in the district following a namaz-e-janaza on Friday afternoon.

Mofiz Ali, also a Vice-President of Bangladesh Trade Union and a leader of National Democratic Party, had been suffering from a head injury. He was actively involved in language movement in 1952. Mofiz Ali was admitted to hospital on August 30 after he received serious head injury in a road accident five weeks ago.