DHAKA, Dec 24, 2020 (BSS) – A number of cabinet members today
expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League
Central Working Committee member and former state minister and
lawmaker AKM Jahangir Hossain.
In separate condolence messages, the ministers and state ministers
prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep
sympathy to the bereaved family.
The cabinet members who condoled the death of Jahangir included
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa
Kamal, Planning Minister MA Mannan, Industries Minister Nurul Majid
Mahmud Humayun, Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, Social
Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM
Rezaul Karim, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, State Minister for
Social Welfare Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru, State minister for Shipping
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, State Minister for Information and
Communication Technology Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister
for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali and State Minister for
Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa.
Jahangir Hossain, also former general secretary of Bangladesh
Chhatra League, passed away today while undergoing treatment at
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the
city at the age of 66.