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Cabinet members mourn death of Mohammed Nasim
DHAKA, June 13, 2020 (BSS) – A number of cabinet members today
expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League (AL)
presidium member, 14-party alliance spokesperson and former health
minister Mohammed Nasim.
In separate condolence messages, they prayed for eternal peace of
the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
The cabinet members, who condoled Nasim’s death, are Liberation War
Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur
Razzaque, Information Minister and Awami League Joint General
Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Anisul Huq, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Health and
Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul
Momen, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Industries Minister Nurul Majid
Mahmud Humayun, Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan, Expatriates
Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed, Science and
Technology Minister Architect Yeafes Osman,
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim, Land Minister
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Planning Minister MA Mannan, Environment,
Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin, Textiles and Jute
Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, Local Government, Rural Development and
Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, Posts and Telecommunications
Minister Mustafa Jabbar and CHT Peace Accord Implementation and
Monitoring Committee Convener Abul Hasnat Abdullah,
State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman,
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister
for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division Zunaid
Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development
and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee, State Minister for Primary and
Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain, State Minister for Women and Children
Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira, State Minister for Water Resources
Zaheed Farooque, Deputy Minister Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque
Shameem, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid,
State Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah,
State Minister for Information Dr Md Murad Hassan, State Minister for
Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Civil
Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali, State Minister for Labour and
Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian and State Minister for Power, Energy
and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.
Besides, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam,
National University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Harun-Or-Rashid and
central committee of ‘Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan’ condoled the death of
the veteran politician and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Former health minister Mohammed Nasim breathed his last while
undergoing treatment at the Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in city’s
Shyamoli area in the morning today. He was 72.
He left behind his wife, three sons and a host of relatives and
admirers to mourn his death.
He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since June 1.
The veteran AL leader was tested positive for coronavirus. But he
was found coronavirus negative in the second and third test.
He also suffered a stroke and had undergone a successful surgery.
Nasim was born on April 2, 1948 to Muhammad Mansur Ali and Amena
Mansur at Kazipur Upazila in Sirajganj district.
Muhammad Mansur Ali, a close associate of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, served as the 3rd prime minister of
Bangladesh in 1975 and was one of the four national leaders killed in
the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
Nasim was elected Member of Parliament for five times in 1986, 1996,
2001, 2014 and 2018. The veteran AL leader was sworn in as Minister
for Health and Family Welfare on January 12, 2014.
He had successfully served as the Minister for Home Affairs, Housing
and Public Works and Posts and Telecommunications from 1996 to 2001.
Nasim completed graduation degree in political science from the
then Jagannath College, now Jagannath University (JnU).
He was involved in various social welfare activities alongside
politics and set up several educational institutions in his area
including Dhaka and Sirajganj.
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