Ex-minister Shamsul Islam dies

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UNB, Dhaka :
Former Information Minister M Shamsul Islam died at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 87.
Shamsul Islam, also a former BNP standing committee member, breathed his last at United Hospital at 1:40 pm, said his personal secretary Kamrul Hasan.
He said the former minister had been receiving
 treatment at the hospital for various old-age complications since April 17.
He is survived by two sons and a host of relatives and admires to mourn his death.
The BNP leader’s first namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Magrib prayers, and then his body was kept at United Hospital mortuary.
Shamsul Islam’s second janaza will be held at 9am on Friday at the South Plaza of Parliament Complex, while the third one in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office at 10.am.
From Nayapaltan, his body will be taken to his village home in Munshiganj.
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