AL MP Shahjahan Mia passes away

Shahjahan Mia, MP of Patuakhali-1 constituency and also president of Patuakhali district unit Awami League, passed away at hospital in the capital on Saturday. He was 85.

Shahjahan Mia had been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and breathed his last at 6 am, said his son Advocate Tariquzzaman Mony.

He left behind his wife, three sons, one daughter and a host of relatives to mourn his death.

The first namaz-e-janaza of  the three-time MP will be held at Sangshad Bhaban at 3 pm.

He will be buried at Patuakhali municipality graveyard following second-namaz-e-janaza at Russel Square Balur Math in Patuakhali on Sunday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family members.