BSS-21 AL leader Tajul Islam Faruque passes away

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AL leader Tajul Islam Faruque passes away

RAJSHAHI, Feb 1, 2019 (BSS)- Awami League leader and former lawmaker Tajul Islam Muhammad Faruque died of a cardiac arrest at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital yesterday evening.

He was 70.

Tazul Islam Faruque, former member of parliament from Rajshahi-5 (Durgapur-Puthia) constituency and district unit president of Bangladesh Awami League, is survived by wife, two sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and admirers.

His first Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman Divisional Stadium in the city this morning.

He was buried at his family graveyard at Amgachhi village under Durgapur upazila in the district after the fourth and last Namaz-e-Janaza at his village this afternoon.

Mayor of Rajshahi AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Engineer Enamul Haque, MP, Dr Monsur Rahman, MP, Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul and scores of people including political and professional leaders joined the namaz-e-janaza and burial rituals.

Besides, various political leaders and colleagues including AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, Engineer Enamul Haque, MP, Dr Monsur Rahman, MP, and Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul expressed their profound shock at the death of Tajul Islam Muhammad Faruque.

They also prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family.

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