Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the death of six former MPs. including an ex-minister and some noted personalities.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the condolence motion in the House in the beginning of the 15th session of the 11th parliament.
The six former MPs are ex-minister Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (Chattogram-6 and 9), Dr Mizanul Haque (Kishoreganj-4), Md Fazlul Haque Aspia (Sunamganj-4), Mokbul Hossain (Pabna-2), Ali Osman Khan (Mymensingh-17 and Netrakona-4) and Sheikh Shahidur Rahman (Khulna-4).
The House also expressed deep shock at the death of noted personalities, including veteran lawyer Abdul Baset Majumder, noted cultural personalities Dr Enamul Haque and Mahmud Sajjad, renowned journalist, dramatist and poet Rafiqul Haque, chairman of Sylhet Zila Parishad advocate Lutfur Rahman and former cabinet secretary Kazi Shamsul Alam.
Besides, the Jatiya Sangsad expressed profound grief at the death of physicians, health workers, members of the administration, police, political leaders, media people, business and social dignitaries, other staff of the government and private sector, who lost lives in the coronavirus at home and abroad, and those who were killed in the recent Sierra Leone explosion caused by collusion between a fuel tanker and a lorry, and other accidents in different places at home and abroad.
Before passing the condolence motion, a one-minute silence was observed and a munajat offered, seeking the eternal peace of the departed souls.
Source: United News of Bangladesh