Prof Anisuzzaman shifted to CMH

National professor Anisuzzaman was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka from another hospital in the city on Saturday after his health condition deteriorated.

“Prof Anisuzzana was shifted to the CMH as per the prime minister’s directive,” said Biplob Barua, special assistant to PM Sheikh Hasina.

He was admitted to the Universal Cardiac Hospital in the city on 29 April with various health complications. As his condition deteriorated, he was taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on 2 May.

Anisuzzaman is an eminent educator, writer and emeritus professor of Bangla language and literature department at Dhaka University.

Anisuzzaman participated in the Language Movement, the 1969 mass upsurge and the Liberation War. After independence, he became a member of the National Education Commission with Kudrat-E-Khuda as its chief.

He has done outstanding research on the history of Bangla literature and received the Bangla Academy Literary Award, the Independence Award and the Ekushey Padak. He also won many international awards for his contributions to literature.

The books such as ‘Muslim Manash O Bangla Sahitya’, ‘Swaruper Sandhane’, ‘Purono Bangla Gadya’, ‘Bangali Nari: Sahitye O Samaje’, ‘Kal Nirabadhi’, and ‘Ihajagatikata O Anyanya’ by professor Anuisuzzman are considered seminal works by academics working on Bangla literature and language.