Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) professor Dr Zafar Iqbal is expected to return to Sylhet from Dhaka on Wednesday, less than two weeks after being stabbed in the back of the head. “Dr Zafar Iqbal will leave Dhaka for Sylhet on a flight on Wednesday morning,” Joynal Abedin, the professor’s personal secretary, told the Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday. The renowned writer said he did not lose consciousness even once during or after the assault, and was fit enough to resume writing on March 7, despite still being under treatment at the hospital. “Whenever I started to lose consciousness, I clenched my teeth to prevent it,” he wrote. “On the back of my mind, I believed that once I lose myself into the darkness, I will never come back.”This article was first published on banglatribune.com

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 13, 2018 08:30 UTC