Former MP Moslem Uddin dies at 88

Former five-time lawmaker from Mymensingh-6 (Fulbaria) and Awami League leader Advocate Moslem Uddin died yesterday while undergoing treatment at Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital in Dhaka. He was 88.

Family members said he had been admitted with age-related complications and passed away around 11:30am.

Moslem Uddin was president of Fulbaria upazila Awami League, a former member of the Constituent Assembly, and a former president of the Mymensingh District Lawyers’ Association.

He was elected MP from Mymensingh-6 as an Awami League candidate in 1986, 1996, 2008, 2014 and 2018.

He is survived by three sons, two daughters, and numerous relatives.

His son, Imdadul Haque Selim, said the first namaz-e-janaza will be held at Taqwa Mosque in Dhanmondi after Zohr prayers today.

Other janazas will be held at 10:00am at Mymensingh District Bar Association, 3:00pm at Fulbaria Government High School ground, and 5:00pm at Alhajj Md Moslem Uddin Orphanage ground.

He will be laid to rest at his family graveyard in his ancestral home in Newgi Kushmail.