Obituary to Mr. M. A. Mannan


Mr M A Mannan, Chairperson of Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS) died on 17 May 2009 at 1530 hrs at National Heart Foundation hospital following a cardiac failure. He has been laid to rest at Banani graveyard. He left his wife, daughter and two sons, thousands of well wishers, colleagues, friends, and relatives to mourn his sudden and untimely demise.

Mr Mannan dedicated his life for the urban poor and was an advocate for establishing rights of the poor people living in slums and squatters; and lobbied at different levels of government and non-government activities. He was the founder chairperson of Basteebashir Odhikhar Surrakkha Committee (BOSC) formed in 1999 to protest slum eviction of the then government. In 2008 the organization became registered under Dhaka Social Welfare Office as Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS).

During his lifetime of work for the urban poor, he closely worked with Centre for Urban Studies (CUS), Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP), Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), BLAST, DSK and many other national and international NGOs and donors working in the field of poverty reduction in urban areas of Bangladesh.

Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) is presently working for capacity building of the urban poor through Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS) with support from URBIS Program of Development Innovations Group (DIG).

Comments

albeeroonee said…
I am really feeling very sorry for Late Mr. Mannan and wish him the almighty would be kind enough to allow him to go to the "Jannatul Ferdous".
It is really painful news for many of us.

I just want to inform the URBIS and the Management of the Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS) to make a correction that the "BOSC" were started to form in "August 1999"; so, it is NOT possible to Late Mr. Mannan to lead the organization of the urban poor community "BOSC" in the year 1993.
I think this is a printing mistake, and the management will make the correction.

Thank you
Abu Rayhan Al-Beeroonee
Human Rights Activist, Dhaka, Bangladesh
June 29, 2009 at 11:41 PM
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