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