Suranjit’s funeral Monday

The funeral of Awami League leader and veteran parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta will be held at his ancestral home in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj on Monday.  

Quoting Suranjit’s family, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told this to journalist this morning.  

Suranjit's body will be taken the South Plaza of the National Parliament around 3:00pm for paying homage by MPs and leaders, he added.

He breathed his last at Labaid Hospital in the city early Sunday. The 71-year-old former minister had been on life support at the hospital.

He was suffering from acute low hemoglobin and taken to the hospital in critical condition on Friday night while he was taken to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on Saturday night as his condition was deteriorated. Later, he was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).