Mohammad Abdul Bari (5E) no more ……

Mohammad Abdul Bari (5E) no more ……

Innah Lillahe wainnah illaihi razeyoon

It is with great sadness we learned of the death of Abdul Bari (5E) on 14 March 2022. We do not know the cause of his death. He was about 73 years old at the time of death.

Mohammad Abdul Bari was born on 1st January 1948 at village Boalia under district Naogaon of Bangladesh.

Following the War of Liberation in 1971, he deserted from a Pakistani vessel in Hong Kong and declared his solidarity with the liberation war. After independence he returned back to Bangladesh where he eventually became the Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation. Besides Bangladesh Shipping Corporation he served Neptune Orient Lines and Kappal Ship management, Singapore as Chief Engineer. While on various shipping assignments, Engr. Bari started tutoring programs for ship engineers to help them prepare for qualifying exams for higher education. To help native engineers and students, he developed a Bangla language textbook titled Internal Combustion Engines and Ancillary Equipment, which was published by Bangla Academy, a government organization to develop and research Bangla language.

Abdul Bari was awarded prestigious Ashoka Fellowship from USA for his outstanding contribution for the welfare of rickshaw pullers of Dhaka city in 2006.

Abdul Bari is a man of versatile qualities. He is a well-known lyricist and playwright in the country. His songs and plays are telecast regularly on different TV channels of the country. Once he used to write columns in a popular weekly JaiJaiDin.

Excerpts were extracted from https://www.bedo.org.bd/about-founder/