Rakib Hasan, a student of the 2017–18 session in the Law Discipline at Khulna University, was posthumously recognized as a lawyer after the Bangladesh Bar Council published its viva examination results on Sunday, March 15. His name appeared among the successful candidates, though he had passed away months earlier after battling blood cancer.

Rakib had been undergoing treatment at Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital in Dhaka, where he died on November 22 at around 11:30 p.m. Earlier, on October 25 of the previous year, he had shared on social media that he passed the written portion of the Bar Council examination while still hospitalized. He later took part in the viva exam, hoping to fulfill his dream of becoming a lawyer.

Although Rakib lost his life before seeing the final results, his name on the successful candidates’ list stands as a posthumous recognition of his perseverance and dedication to his goal.