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Published: 16 Mar 2021 07:31 PM BdST
Updated: 16 Mar 2021 09:49 PM BdST
Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed, a lawyer and former minister, has died in a Singapore hospital at the age of 81. );
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A member of the party’s policymaking body National Standing Committee, Moudud passed away at Mount Elizabeth Hospital around 6:30pm on Tuesday.
Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir confirmed the news of Moudud’s death to bdnews24.com citing a relative of the former minister.
Moudud was suffering from kidney and lung complications. He was admitted to the hospital on Feb 1.
Moudud, a key figure in Bangladesh’s politics, was one of the founding members of the BNP. He had worked as deputy prime minister during BNP founder General Ziaur Rahman’s rule and then as the vice-president during the tenure of Jatiya Party founder General HM Ershad.
Mar 5, 2021 8:51 AM
As the call for scrapping the Digital Security Act grows after the death in jail of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says repealing the law will mean other laws have to be scrapped as well when people arrested under those laws die. Are you satisfied with his argument?
Yes - 54%
Mar 5, 2021 8:51 AM
As the call for scrapping the Digital Security Act grows after the death in jail of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says repealing the law will mean other laws have to be scrapped as well when people arrested under those laws die. Are you satisfied with his argument?
Yes - 54%
Hasan raises question over Begum Zia’s foreign love
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CHATTOGRAM, March 12, 2021 (BSS) – Information Minister and Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Dr Hasan Mahmud today raised question over Begum Zia and her party’s foreign love.
The word of Begum Zia’s physical illness is a problem that is very old, he said, adding that Khaleda was suffering from leg and waist pains as well are also old.
“But the BNP leaders are now pretending to say that her leg and waist pain is a new problem. Whereas Khaleda Zia performed her duty as prime minister twice and leader of the opposition earlier bearing with the pain in her leg and waist which did not obstruct her,” Hasan said.
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