Shib Narayan Das, the man who had designed the first flag of Bangladesh just before independence and the JaSaD leader, has died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka.
He passed away on Friday around 9:25am at the ICU of BSMMU. JaSaD President Hasanul Haq Inu confirmed this.
A Cumilla native, he was a leader of Chhatra League when he designed the flag at the then Iqbal Hall, now Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall, at Dhaka University on Jun 6, 1970.
The first flag designed by him was hoisted on the campus on Mar 2, 1971. It had a yellow map of the new country in a red circle symbolising the sun on a green background.
After the Liberation War, artist Quamrul Hassan redesigned the flag by dropping the map.