Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Shamsul Alam Pramanik died at a hospital in Rajshahi on early Monday. He was 70.
Shamsul Alam, a three-time MP from Naogaon-4 (Manda) constituency, breathed his last at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital at about 4:40am, said Anisar Alam, younger brother of the BNP leader.
The ex-lawmaker, also an executive member of the BNP Central Committee, had been suffering from various diseases including diabetics, heart disease and kidney-related complications.
He was taken to RMCH on Sunday after he fell sick.
He was elected as the Chairman of Manda Upazila Parishad in 1985.
The first namaz-e-janaza of the BNP leader will be held at Koyapara Kamarkuri High School ground around 4:30pm.
Later, he will be buried at his family graveyard.