Two MPs Shahjahan Kamal, Ukil Abdus Sattar no more
Sunday, 1 October 2023
LAKSHMIPUR, Sep 30 (UNB): Former Aviation and Tourism Minister and Lakshmipur-3 MP, AKM Shahjahan Kamal and Brahmanbaria-2 MP, Ukil Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan passed away at several hospitals in the city on Saturday.
AKM Shahjahan Kamal was 74.
Prof ASM Maksud Kamal, younger brother of the deceased and pro vice chancellor (academic) of Dhaka University, confirmed the death, saying that his elder brother breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the city around 3:30 am.
Meanwhile, MP Ukil Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, breathed his last at 3 am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the capital's Evercare Hospital, said his son Mainul Hasan Tushar.
Sattar had been suffering from kidney disease for long and was admitted to the hospital a week back when his condition worsened, he said.
The estranged BNP leader, who served as the state minister for Law, Fisheries, and Land ministries under the 4-party coalition government after 2001 election, will be buried at the family graveyard in Sarail upazila.
Abdus Sattar was last elected from Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail-Ashuganj) constituency as an independent candidate in February this year.