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BOA mourns death of veteran sports organiser Harunur Rashid
Dhaka, 10 Nov - The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has expressed profound shock and sorrow over the death of veteran sports organiser and National Sports Award recipient Harunur Rashid.
Harunur Rashid, a former vice-president of the BOA, former general secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and founding general secretary of Abahani Limited, breathed his last at a city hospital on Monday night while undergoing treatment. He was 77.
His death has left a significant void in the country's sports arena, which has lost a dedicated, visionary and experienced sports organiser.
The remarkable contributions of Harunur Rashid to the development of sports in Bangladesh will be remembered with deep respect.
In a condolence message issued here today, BOA President General Waker-Uz-Zaman and its Secretary General Md Jubaidur Rahman, along with other members of the BOA family, expressed profound grief over his demise.
They prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed their heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family.BSS