AL lawmaker Abdul Mannan dies

Awami League lawmaker of Bogura -1 constituency Abdul Mannan died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday morning.

He was 60.

Motiur Rahman Moti, joint general secretary of Sariakandi upazila unit of Awami League, said that Mannan, also party’s former joint secretary, suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon at the national parliament after he went there to join the ongoing session.

He was admitted to Lab Aid Hospital and was kept on life support.

He breathed his last around 8:15am, Moti said.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Abdul Mannan.

 In a condolence message, the PM recalled the contribution of the former president of Bangladesh Chhatra League in various democratic movements.

 ‘Awami League lost a skilled organiser and a devoted activist,’ she said.

 The prime minister prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net