Former social welfare minister Enamul Hoque Mostofa Shaheed dies aged 78

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bdnews24.com: Former social welfare minister Enamul Hoque Mostofa Shaheed has passed away at a Dhaka hospital. The six-time Awami League MP from Habiganj was 78. He was put on life-support after being admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday night. Doctors declared him dead on Thursday morning, Shaheed’s son Nizamul Hoque Rana told bdnews24.com. Rana said his father was suffering from various ailments including kidney diseases and diabetes. He said his father’s body will be taken to Habiganj after a Namaz-e-Janaza at the South Plaza of Parliament on Thursday afternoon. Shaheed will be buried at the family graveyard at his Chunarughat ancestral home on Friday.

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