AL leader Syed Ashraf passes away

Public Administration Minister and former Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam died at a hospital in Bangkok on Thursday night (Inna..... rajiun). He was 67.

He breathed his last at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok around 9:45pm, said AL leader Anwarul Kabir who was close to Syed Ashraf, reports UNB.

Syed Ashraf, son of national leader and Bangabandhu’s close associate Syed Nazrul Islam, left behind one daughter and a host of relatives to mourn his death.

He was elected MP from Kishoreganj-1 constituency in Sunday’s election. 

His wife Shila Islam died of cancer at a London hospital.

He was made the party’s general secretary in 2009 and served for two consecutive terms till 2018.

Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and his cabinet colleagues expressed deep shock at the death of Syed Ashraful Islam.

In separate messages, they prayed for salvation of the departed soul and conveyed their sympathy to the bereaved family members.