Awami League lawmaker Shahjahan Mia dies
- Update Time : Saturday, October 21, 2023
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Shahjahan Mia, lawmaker of Patuakhali-1 constituency and also president of Patuakhali district unit Awami League, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday.
He was 85.
Shahjahan Mia had been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and breathed his last at about 6:00am, said his son Advocate Tariquzzaman Mony.
He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.
The first namaz-e-janaza of the three-time lawmaker will be held at Sangshad Bhaban at 3:00pm.
He will be buried at Patuakhali municipality graveyard following a second-namaz-e-janaza at Russel Square Balur Math in Patuakhali on Sunday.
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