Staff Reporter: Ruling Awami League MP from Bagerhat-4, Mozammel Hossain, has died at a Dhaka hospital at 12:40 am on Friday. He was 80 years old.
He passed away while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital .
Mozammel had been suffering from a combination of kidney ailments and other health complications for a while, according to his son Prof Mahmud Hossain.
Mozammel was serving as the president of Bagerhat District Awami League until his death. He had been elected to parliament from different constituencies in Bagerhat on five occasions.
His body will be flown to Bagerhat from Dhaka in a helicopter at around 12 pm on Friday, said Sheikh Quamruzzaman Tuku, General Secretary of the district Awami League.
His body will then be taken to his ancestral home in Morrelganj Upazila following a namaz-e-janaza or funeral prayer at Bagerhat’s Sheikh Helaluddin Stadium after the Jummah prayers.
Mozammel will be laid to rest at his family graveyard following another funeral prayer at Kachubunia Hai Rahmat Ali Secondary School premises.
