Jhenaidah-1 MP Abdul Hyee passes away

JHENAIDAH, Mar 16 (UNB): Abdul Hyee, Jhenaidah-1 constituency MP and president of the district Awami League, has died. He was 78.
He breathed his last at 7:00 am (local time) on Saturday at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand. His personal assistant Shahidul Islam confirmed his death from Thailand.
Hyee, also a former state minister, left behind his wife, one daughter, and two sons to mourn his death.
Abdul Hyee was born in Mohammadpur village of Shailkupa upazila. He was the youngest of the three sons and two daughters of his parents.
He was elected MP from Jhenaidah-1 in the 2001 elections.
In 2001, he was elected the convener of the Jhenaidah district Awami League. In 2005, Abdul Hyee became president of the Jhenaidah district Awami League. In the ninth national parliamentary election held in 2008, he was re-elected with AL ticket.
He served as the state minister for Fisheries and Livestock from 2012-2014. In the 12th national elections, he was again elected MP as the Awami League candidate.
Meanwhile, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of former state minster for Fisheries and Livestock and valiant freedom fighter Md Abdul Hyee, MP.
In a condolence message, they said, Abdul Hyee was a dedicated worker of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh Awami League.