Shahjahan Siraj, renowned for reading out the mandate of independence passed away on Tuesday (July 14) afternoon at the age of 77. He was also a prominent organiser of the country's liberation movement and a freedom fighter.
Confirming the matter to The Business Post, BNP chairperson's media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan said, “He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. He passed away at 3:30 pm.”
He will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow (Wednesday), Shairul added.
Shajahan Siraj was a politician who served as vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Siraj served five terms as the member of parliament for the Tangail-4 unit; he was arrested in 2007 for tax evasion.
He was a former minister during the 2001 to 2006 tenure of BNP.
He is survived by wife, one daughter, one son and a lot of well wishers to mourn his death.
