Rail minister becomes father of a baby girl

Railway Minister Mujibul Haque on Saturday became a father after his wife Honufa Akhter Rikta gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Dhaka.

Honufa Akhter gave birth to the baby girl around 3:30pm at Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at Square Hospitals.

Confirming the news, Mosharraf Hossain, personal assistant of the minister, said that conditions of both the baby and mother are stable.

Hanufa Akhter was admitted at the hospital last Wednesday night.

On October 31, 2014, the 67-year-old railway minister married 32-year-old Honufa Akhter Rikta at a colourful wedding party in Chandina upazila of Comilla.