Bir Bikram Matiur Rahman dies

Our correspondent, Kishoreganj
Matiur Rahman, Bir Bikram and Nikli upazila unit BNP president, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday. He was 64. He left behind his wife, a son and a daughter, a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn his death. He will be buried with a state honour at West Pukurpar graveyard after a namaz-e-janaza on Nikli central Eidgah premises after jumah prayers today. Afzal Hossain, local lawmaker and advocate Fazlur Rahman, president of district BNP, expressed deep shock at the death of the freedom fighter.