Language movement activist Kazi Rezai Karim’s death anniversary Saturday

The fifth death anniversary of language movement activist Kazi Rezai Karim will be observed on Saturday.

The family will hold a special prayer marking the day in Kanchpur of Narayanganj, a press release said on Friday. 

Rezai Karim was the youngest son of Yasin Kazi Sahityaratna, a senior member of the erstwhile Kolkata Bangiya Muslim Parishad.

He was arrested in Narayangnaj in 1952 for his activism. He was a student of class ten at the time.