Eminent writer and researcher Badruddin Umar passes away

Writer, researcher, Marxist-Leninist politician and Jatiya Mukti Council President Badruddin Umar has died at the age of 94. 

He breathed his last at 10:05am on Sunday at the Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the capital's Kalyanpur. 

Jatiya Mukti Council Secretary Faiezul Hakim Lala confirmed the matter to the Daily Samakal. 

Umar began his career as a part-time lecturer at Dhaka University before founding the Department of Sociology at Rajshahi University.

He was president of the Bangladesh Krishok Federation and served as central coordinator of the Gonotantrik Biplobi Jote.

A longtime Marxist thinker, he was once a member of the central committee of the Purba Banglar Communist Party.

In 2003, Umar established the Jatiya Mukti Council, where he served as president until his death.