Dhaka: The first namaj-e-janaja of the eminent folk singer and composer Bari Siddiqui held at the Central Mosque of the University of Dhaka premises on Friday morning.

The funeral programme of the flautist was performed at 9:30am.

Earlier, Bari Siddiqui breathed his last at a city hospital at about 2:30am on Friday.

His second namaz-e-janaza will be held at Bangladesh Television premises at 10:30am and the final ritual will take place after the Asr prayers in Netrakona.

Siddiqui was on life support at Square Hospitals in Dhaka.

Bari Siddiqui, who has been suffering from kidney-related problems for a couple of years, was admitted to the hospital on Friday night after he fell unconscious following a chest pain.

Later, he was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital and put on life support.

Bari Siddiqui got his formal vocal training at the age of 12 under Gopal Dutt of Netrakona. From 1981, he took lessons for six years under Ustad Aminur Rahman. He later got professional tutelage under VG Karnaad in Pune, India.

Bari Siddiqui earned his bachelor’s from Dhaka University and joined Bangladesh Television in1985.

He was awarded the Bachsas Award for his music direction in the film, Srabon Megher Din (1999), for the song Showa Chan Pakhi while he released a folk album titled Lokhkho Tara in 2000.

The singer was born on November 15, 1954.