Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday consoled the parents of private university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, who was killed in a road accident on Tuesday, as they met her at her official residence Ganabhaban.
Brig Gen (retd) Arif Ahmed Chowdhury and Farida Fatemi, the father and mother of Abrar, went to Ganobhaban around 8:15pm and stayed there for nearly one hour, the prime minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Shakhawat Moon told UNB.
The prime minister consoled Abrar's parents and expressed deep shock and sorrow at the tragic death of their son, Moon said.
She also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul.
Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam, prime minister's Military Secretary Major General Mian Mohammad Zainul Abedin and Abrar's brother were present.
Abrar, a first-year honours student of International Relations Department at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), was killed after a bus of 'Suprabhat Paribahan' ran him over at Nodda near Bashundhara Residential area on Tuesday morning.