UNB, Dhaka :State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin died early Wednesday at a hospital in India. He was 78.The junior minister, who had been undergoing treatment at Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai for lung cancer, breathed his last around 4:25am, said Mainul Islam, senior information officer of the Social Welfare Ministry.Promode Mankin is survived by his wife, five daughters, a son and a host of relatives to mourn his death.He was taken to India on April 21 for better treatment of his lung cancer, diabetic and other diseases, said a Social Welfare Ministry release.
